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Key Points. Based on recent projections, Social Security faces cuts as early as 2035. A broad reduction in benefits could thrust countless seniors into poverty.
For example, if you make $80,000 per year, you pay Social Security taxes on all of your income, so whether the limit is $130,000, $300,000 or removed entirely, it doesn't affect your payroll taxes ...
As of now, Social Security cuts are a good 11 years away. If you're able to earn $1,000 a month over the next 11 years, you'll be left with an additional $132,000 in savings, not accounting for ...
Social Security Fairness Act of 2017 H.R. 1205: February 21, 2017 Rodney Davis (R-IL) 195 Died in committee S. 915: April 24, 2017 Sherrod Brown (D-OH) 27 Died in committee 116th Congress: Social Security Fairness Act H.R. 141: January 3, 2019 Rodney Davis (R-IL) 264 Died in committee Social Security Fairness Act of 2019 S. 560: February 14, 2019
Disability recipients Survivors benefits Retired Social Security In the United States, Social Security is the commonly used term for the federal Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and is administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA). [1]
Because Social Security tax receipts and interest exceed payments, the program also reduces the size of the annual federal budget deficit commonly reported in the media. For example, CBO reported that for fiscal year 2012, the "On-budget Deficit" was $1,151.3 billion. Social Security and the Post Office are considered "Off-Budget".
Social Security’s new 2035 depletion date applies to its combined trust funds. The trust funds help pay for benefits when more money is needed beyond what is coming in through payroll taxes.
The first Social Security office opened in Austin, Texas, on October 14, 1936. [10] Social Security taxes were first collected in January 1937, along with the first one-time, lump-sum payments. [8] The first person to receive monthly retirement benefits was Ida May Fuller of Brattleboro, Vermont. Her first check, dated January 31, 1940, was in ...