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What Is Really Destroying Social Security and What Congress Could Actually Do to Fix It
View original at finance.yahoo.comWhat Is Really Destroying Social Security and What Congress Could Actually Do to Fix It Quick Read Social Security’s $2.5 trillion trust fund is invested in special-issue government bonds as required by law; the real crisis is demographic—fewer workers supporting more retirees as baby boomers retire, with the combined…
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Social Security is not going broke because politicians raided the piggy bank; the trust fund's $2.5 trillion in reserves is properly invested in special-issue government bonds, exactly as the law requires
60% confidenceThe real problem is slower and harder to fix: the math of an aging country is quietly grinding the program toward a cliff
60% confidenceHigh earners stop contributing once their wages cross the threshold, which is why lifting the cap is a perennial reform proposal
60% confidenceThe combined trust fund depletes in 2034, leaving incoming revenue to cover only 81% of scheduled benefits
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| Social Security Administration · benefit coverage after depletion | 81 percent |