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☆ As possible Social Security benefits cut looms, GOP senator says lawmakers are working on a 'big idea' fix
  + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty ImagesSocial Security's trust funds have a new projected depletion date that is about a decade away. The idea calls for creating an investment fund separate from Social Security and allowing the investment to earn returns over a period of 70 years, Cassidy said. It would target the Social Security trust funds' biggest weakness, which is that it has "the absolute worst investment strategy you could have right now," Cassidy said. 'Big idea' inspired by private pensionsThe idea for investing Social Security's funds in the market is inspired by private pension funds, which already buy securities outside of Treasurys. Possible changes to fix Social Security generally include tax increases, benefit cuts or a combination of both.
☆ Social Security trust funds depletion date moves one year earlier to 2034, Treasury says
  + stars: | 2023-03-31 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
The Social Security trust funds that about 67 million Americans rely on for benefits are scheduled to be depleted in 2034, one year earlier than was projected last year, according to the annual trustees' report released by the Treasury Department on Friday. Unless Congress takes action, at that time, 80% of scheduled benefits will be payable from the combined funds for old age and survivors insurance and disability insurance. The new depletion date comes as the trustees updated their projections for the U.S. economy to include recent output and inflation. Meanwhile, Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund will be able to pay 100% of scheduled benefits until 2031, three years later than projected last year. The White House earlier this month laid out a plan to extend the solvency of Medicare's hospital insurance trust fund, also known as Medicare Part A, which covers hospital, nursing facility and hospice services for eligible beneficiaries.
☆ As Social Security reform talks heat up, changes to the retirement age, payroll tax may be on the table
  + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
A recent Congressional Budget Office report projected Social Security's combined funds may run out in 2033, two years sooner than the Social Security actuaries estimated last year. Raising retirement age may be a 20% benefit cutThe Social Security full retirement age is gradually changing to 67, based on changes enacted in 1983. Lawmakers are considering raising the full retirement age again to age 70. Current beneficiaries and near retirees would likely be spared from any retirement age changes. Warren and Sanders are calling for reapplying the Social Security payroll tax to income over $250,000, while also taxing certain business and investment income at 12.4%.
☆ The White House is reportedly eyeing a tax on high-earning Americans to fund Social Security after Bernie Sanders pushed it
  + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Bernie Sanders met with Joe Biden to pitch a tax on high-earning Americans to fund Social Security, The Washington Post reported. Sanders advocated for Biden to increase payroll taxes on high-earning Americans to fund Social Security for 70 more years as the program approaches insolvency in the next decade. Sanders' proposal would raise the cap on how much income is subject to the payroll taxes that pay for Social Security. According to a White House official, the White House has not endorsed any specific bill — but the president welcomes proposals from members of Congress on how to keep Social Security solvent and make the program even stronger. The idea of an expanded payroll tax to shore up Social Security isn't new for President Biden.
☆ Public servants like teachers and police often get reduced Social Security. Congress is weighing a bill that could change that
  + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Monkeybusinessimages | Istock | Getty ImagesMillions of Americans may receive reduced Social Security benefits if they worked in public roles as teachers, firefighters, police or government workers. "There just aren't that many legislative days left," said Maria Freese, senior legislative representative at the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare. Why public servants encounter reduced Social SecurityThe Social Security Fairness Act calls for repealing two titles of the Social Security Act that reduce or eliminate benefits for Americans who work in public service — the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset. The Social Security Fairness Act would fully repeal both rules, thus making benefits more generous for those affected. 82 would need offsets not to have a huge financial impact on the Social Security trust funds, and it doesn't provide that," Sprick said.
☆ The U.S. retirement system gets a ‘C+’ grade, experts say — even though it’s worth $39 trillion. Here's why
  + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +9 min
The U.S. has a voluntary retirement savings system. But most IRA funds aren't contributed directly — they were first saved in a workplace retirement plan and then rolled into an IRA. 1 issue," Will Hansen, chief government affairs officer at the American Retirement Association, a trade group, said of workplace retirement savings. "[However], the retirement system is actually a good system for those who have access," Hansen said. In such cases, it may not be fair to place primary blame on the structure of the U.S. retirement system, Hansen said.
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