Social Security Funding
The latest news and developments affecting Social Security funding, and how legislative moves may help or hurt the program.
Should You Count on Social Security?
By Andrew G. BiggsThe program's looming insolvency is pushing Congress to consider benefit cuts or tax hikes; the answer lies more with the Social Security Trust Funds.
November 23, 2021
2021 News of the YearWe review the major developments affecting financial advisors — from Wall Street to Washington — over the past 12 months.
November 16, 2021
Debate: Should High Earners Pay More Social Security Taxes?Two professors debate whether collecting payroll taxes on income above $400,000 is the best way to shore up Social Security.
October 29, 2021
What Does a Short-Term Boost Do for Social Security? Plenty, Says a Top AnalystMany changes in the Social Security 2100 bill are short-lived but significant, Martha Shedden tells ThinkAdvisor.
October 27, 2021
New Bill Won't Save Social SecuritySocial Security 2100: A Sacred Trust is an opening salvo in the funding debate, but it won't solve the long-term problem.
October 27, 2021
16 Big Social Security Changes in the New 'Sacred Trust' BillThe sweeping bill, Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust, makes several major changes beyond expanding the payroll tax.
October 26, 2021
House Introduces Social Security 2100 Bill to Expand Payroll TaxThe bill adopts CPI-E as the basis of the annual COLA and applies the payroll tax to wages above $400,000.
October 26, 2021
13 Scariest Retirement Statistics: 2021These scary facts could make pre- and post-retirees tremble.