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September 1, 2021 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes post, “More Than An Insolvency Date: What Else To Know About The Social Security And Medicare Trustees’ Reports”

What does it mean for the Trust Funds to become insolvent, anyway?

October 14, 2020 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes post, “Joe Biden’s Social Security Plan Reduces Elder Poverty But Doesn’t Remedy Trust Fund Insolvency, New Report Says”

Insolvency shifted from 2035 to 2040, but not solved – why not?

August 27, 2020 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes post, “Social Security Ending In 2023? No. But What Really Happens When The Trust Fund Is Emptied?”

If you’re assuming that the federal government can just make-do when the Trust Fund is emptied out, you might need to reconsider.

August 9, 2020 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes post, “Will Trump’s Payroll Tax Cut End Social Security As We Know It? Let’s Hope So.”

Could Trump’s “payroll tax loan” spur a re-think of our FICA tax system?  I’d be in favor of that.

May 19, 2020 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes post, “New Analysis Confirms: The Social Security Trust Fund Is In Trouble”

Depletion in 2029? In 2026? The bill will come due sooner than 2035 in any case.

May 6, 2020 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes post, “Thanks To COVID-19, The Social Security Trust Fund May Be Depleted Far Sooner Than Forecast – How Does 7 Years Sound To You?”

Social Security’s finances are far more fragile than the usual deterministic forecast suggests.

June 11, 2019 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes post, “What If We Stopped Worrying About The Social Security Trust Fund?”

Let’s think about Social Security reform, of course.  But using the Trust Fund Depletion Date as our marker isn’t doing us any good.

April 23, 2019 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes post, “The Social Security Trust Fund Clock Continues To Tick”

How concerned are you about the impending trust fund depletion?

May 5, 2018 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes Post, “The Social Security Trust Fund Is Real – But So What?”

The Social Security Trust Fund is real — but, yeah, it depends on what the word “real” means.

What do you think?

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