Whether you've been paying Social Security taxes for years or are just starting out, you may wonder where the money goes and why people are so worried about it running out.
If you've been on Social Security for a while, you probably know that 2025 hasn't been a typical year for the program.
A couple turning 60 this year would face an $18,400 Social Security cut, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal ...
The Social Security Trust Fund is a critical component of the U.S. welfare system, ensuring benefits for retirees, the disabled, and survivors. Despite its importance, financial challenges raise ...
Social Security is America’s most expensive program, accounting for more than one in five dollars in the federal budget. A perennial political hot-button topic, Social Security is subject to political ...
Social Security's Chief Says "Everything's Being Considered" to Combat Benefit Cuts -- and While Unpopular, Raising the Full ...
Though Sanders' "tax the wealthy" approach to fix Social Security is popular, it has two glaring flaws. Strengthening Social ...
Some of the nation’s largest and most important programs are financed through government trust funds that collect dedicated ...
Most retirees simply don't have spare funds to cope with a Social Security cut. Is this something to worry about?
Social Security turns 90 years old on August 14. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the program into law in 1935 during the Great Depression. Today, this federal program provides benefits to ...
Given how often the subject of Social Security solvency comes up, it would be easy to imagine that everyone understands how it works, including the all-important trust funds. This is a basic primer on ...