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Some of the Media Bungle Social Security Trustees Report

It’d be swell if more of the mainstream media would accurately report the financial status of Social Security. Unfortunately, much of the coverage is influenced by conservative propaganda rather than actual facts.  Predictably, much of the reporting on the recently released Social Security trustees report is less journalistic than histrionic and simplistic, as a quick review of the headlines reveals:
2025-06-27T12:57:52-04:00June 24th, 2025|Categories: Social Security, Social Security Trustees|

Social Security Trust Fund Projected to Endure for an Additional Year, Trustees Say

Social Security’s trust fund received a one-year reprieve in the 2022 Social Security Trustees report, released late Thursday afternoon.  The Trustees project that the combined disability and retirement trust fund will become depleted in 2035 – one year later than predicted last time – if Congress doesn’t take preventative action. When the trust fund becomes insolvent, the Trustees say, Social Security will only be able to pay 80% of scheduled benefits.
2022-06-03T12:21:25-04:00June 3rd, 2022|Categories: COLAs, Congress, payroll taxes, President Biden, Rep. John Larson, Social Security, Social Security Trustees|

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