Social Security could pay full benefits until 2059 if taxable payroll kept pace with GDP: AARP report
Summary
Recent research from the AARP indicates that demographic shifts are not the sole driver behind the upcoming financial shortfall in Social Security trust funds. The report suggests that maintaining the pace between taxable payroll and gross domestic product could potentially extend full benefit payments for several decades.
An aging work force is not the only reason Social Security's trust funds now have a looming shortfall, according to AARP Public Policy Institute research.
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