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6. SSA projections of a shortfall date according to ssa.gove over the past 20 years

Sun Apr 19, 2026, 09:38 AM

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Stories needed:
Why and how the social security system health was damaged by the housing / market manipulation in 2008.
How minimum wage increases have improved solvency
How much borrowing is done for other purposes (like oil wars) and what would that look like
Consequence of immigrants who pay in but don’t receive benefits

Projected year in which payments exceed current revenue, for either Old Age Social Insurance (OASI) or for combined Old Age plus Disability Insurance (SSDI)
Report: OASI. SSDI combined
2006: 2042. 2040
2007: 2042. 2041
2008: 2041. 2041
2009: 2037. 2037
2010: 2037. 2037
2011: 2036. 2036
2012: 2036. 2033
2013: 2035. 2033
2014: 2034. 2033
2015: 2034. 2034
2016: 2035. 2034
2017: 2035. 2034
2018: 2034. 2034
2019: 2034. 2035
2020: 2034. 2035
2021: 2033. 2034
2022: 2034. 2035
2023: 2033. 2034
2024: 2033. 2035
2025: 2033. 2034

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Social security to be whittled down from the top - brainwashing has begun via media [View all] lostnfound Sunday OP

They want to force everyone back into work. The Madcap Sunday #1

Exchange "back into work" for "the graveyard" and you are correct. misanthrope Sunday #12

Hopefully the mid-term in November will put Democrats back as the majority............... Lovie777 Sunday #2

Just remove the income cap for SS contributions and funding problems end Tim S Sunday #3

Democrats have to unite Cosmocat Sunday #4

YES. And we need some statisticians and glossy think-tank produced content like the GOP has got lostnfound Sunday #5

It's been dinked with a number of times. Igel Sunday #7

SSA projections of a shortfall date according to ssa.gove over the past 20 years lostnfound Sunday #6

First the "media" has tried to convince us to delay starting our SS to get a bigger payment wishstar Sunday #8

Will somebody please point out that the money is still going to be taken out of our checks? chowmama Sunday #9

With *rump's abuse of the dollar policies, people making 100k will need food stamps at some point, it's infinitely Uncle Joe Sunday #10

"6 figures" ain't what it used to be RandomNumbers Sunday #11

I absolutely agree. People have all kinds of circumstances that they've planned for or faced. lostnfound Sunday #13