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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) (Pub. L. 111–5 (text) (PDF)), nicknamed the Recovery Act, was a stimulus package enacted by the 111th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in February 2009. Developed in response to the Great Recession, the primary objective of this federal statute was to save ...
In response to a possible shortfall in Social Security funding, Obama has endorsed imposition of a new FICA tax on incomes above $250,000. Social Security has an income "cap" beyond which the payroll tax is not collected; in 2015 and 2016, the cap was $118,500. [245] Obama opposed Bush's proposal for privatization of Social Security. [246]
The Social Security debate in the United States encompasses benefits, funding, and other issues. Social Security is a social insurance program officially called "Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance" (OASDI), in reference to its three components. It is primarily funded through a dedicated payroll tax. During 2015, total benefits of $897 ...
70. $1,963. $2,180. $1,744. Data source: Social Security Administration. Benefits rounded to the nearest whole dollar. Again, these amounts will likely change because of COLAs, but it gives ...
The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–185 (text) (PDF), 122 Stat. 613, enacted February 13, 2008) was an Act of Congress providing for several kinds of economic stimuli intended to boost the United States economy in 2008 and to avert a recession, or ameliorate economic conditions.
Based on data from the SSA's Office of the Actuary, a little over 590,000 aged 62 retired-worker beneficiaries took home an average check of $1,298.26 in December 2023. Comparatively, the nearly 2 ...
Assuming a birth year of 1960 or later, that person would receive about $1,429 per month if they claimed Social Security at age 62 (i.e., 70% multiplied by $2,042). But the same individual would ...
$238 billion in Social Security reform, to be used to ensure the program is sustainably solvent in the infinite horizon by slowing benefit growth for high and medium-income workers, increase the early and normal retirement age to 68 by 2050 and 69 by 2075 by indexing it to longevity, index cost of living adjustments to the Chained-CPI, include ...