social security
20 %
emergency banking bill
Those people who receive social security get the COLA as well as civil servic retirees.
Younger workers pay for social security benefits to retired workers through payroll taxes. A portion of their wages is deducted and paid into the Social Security trust fund. These funds are then used to pay benefits to current retirees. When the younger workers themselves retire, the next generation of workers will contribute to their benefits.
Payroll taxes on people who are still working
NO
Social Security Act
Both. Employers and employees contribute an equal percentage of the employee's income to Social Security.
A federal program that provides benefits for retirees, the disabled, and the children of deceased workers. U.S. employees must pay a SoCal security tax to fund this program.
yes
In general, the greatest threat to Social Security/Medicare in recent years has been that, because of increased benefits and increased number of retirees, they are no longer actuarily sound.