....than they originally thought.....2034.....


Social Security fund will be able to pay benefits one year longer than expected, Treasury says

The Social Security trust fund most Americans rely on for their retirement will be able to continue to pay out benefits for a year longer than prior estimates, the Treasury Department said.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh explained that the upgraded outlooks is thanks to a strong recovery from the Covid-19 recession.

....The Social Security trust fund most Americans rely on for their retirement will be able to continue to pay out benefits on a timely basis until 2034, one year later than the Treasury Department estimated last year, according to an updated report published by the government Thursday afternoon.

The improved report, signed by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, projects that the government’s disability insurance program will be able to pay full benefits over the next 75 years, the first time Social Security officials have issued such a rosy outlook since their 1983 report.

Last year’s report estimated the Disability Insurance Trust Fund would be depleted in 2057. Medicare Part A will remain fully financed through 2028, two years later than previously projected, the government said.

Yellen and Walsh explained that the improved outlooks for the various funds are due to a faster and more robust economic recovery from the Covid-19 recession.

“The main reasons for the smaller deficit are a stronger than expected recovery from the pandemic-induced recession, higher expected levels of labor productivity, and lower future disability incidence rates that reflect recent experience,” Yellen and Walsh wrote.

The Treasury Department looks after two Social Security funds: The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and the Disability Insurance Trust Funds. The two programs were created to provide a source of income to former workers who have retired at the end of their careers and to those who cannot work due to a disability, respectively.

Despite the revised projections, and given broad demographic trends and an aging U.S. population, the financial outlook for Social Security, largely funded by payroll taxes, is grim without government intervention or material changes to the country’s tax code.


one.....more.....year.......?!

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Easy fix
Remove the cap on withholding for SS and Medicare

They'll print more money before letting this happen.

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Easy fix
Remove the cap on withholding for SS and Medicare

The Medicare withholding cap was already removed in 1994.

That is, of course, assuming there is still the United States in 2034.

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Easy fix
Remove the cap on withholding for SS and Medicare

The Medicare withholding cap was already removed in 1994.

Medicare maybe, but they only increased the cap for SS. For 2022 SS tax of 6.2% is collected on the first $147,000 of income. Medicare is 1.45% on income up to $200k, then 2.35% over that except if you are married. Then it is that rate on income over $250k filing jointly, $125k if filing separately.

Not an end of the world thing, but the scare title of the thread is not cool. SS is not a joking matter for a lot of people.

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And it's not "last."
SS can keep paying benefits, but they would have to be reduced to something like 75% of original.

I don't have a link handy, but IIRC, interestingly, the problem is the Baby Boomer bolus. If you run the timeline out, the shortfall begins to correct itself.

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And it's not "last."
SS can keep paying benefits, but they would have to be reduced to something like 75% of original.

I don't have a link handy, but IIRC, interestingly, the problem is the Baby Boomer bolus. If you run the timeline out, the shortfall begins to correct itself.

CNBC
”If Congress fails to act by the time the main Social Security trust fund is depleted, federal law would automatically cut benefit checks for retirees by about 20% across the board.”

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As of July 16, 2022, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is now available by simply dialing 988. The previous number, 1-800-273-8255, will remain active.

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“The main reasons for the smaller deficit are a stronger than expected recovery from the pandemic-induced recession, higher expected levels of labor productivity, and lower future disability incidence rates that reflect recent experience,” Yellen and Walsh wrote.

I wonder whether the "lower future disability incidence" is related to the huge loss of elderly over the last 2 years. They aren't drawing SS any more.

2034? I’m good because I’ll be dead by then.

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