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2. 'I just was blindsided': This Florida retiree can't ... - AOL

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   After working in the U.S. and contributing payroll taxes (which are used to fund Social Security), Klass thought everything was as it should be when he received a letter from the SSA in 2019 ...

3. Retired & Feeling Pinched By Smaller Social Security ... - AOL

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   Here’s how the math works out: Last January, Social Security recipients received a 5.9% cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA), which upped the average benefit check from, $1,564 in 2021 to $1,656.30 ...

4. Pension vs. Social Security: Which Will Give Me More ... - AOL

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   The Social Security program is not a pension and was never intended to be a pension. It is a social insurance program administered by the U.S. federal government. It was always supposed to be ...

5. Social Security (United States) - Wikipedia

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   Reduce benefits for new retirees. If Social Security benefits were reduced by 3% to 5% for new retirees, about 18% to 30% percent of the funding gap would be eliminated. [citation needed] Average in more working years. Social Security benefits are now based on an average of a worker's 35 highest paid salaries with zeros averaged in if there are ...

6. Social Security Administration - Wikipedia

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   The United States Social Security Administration ( SSA) [2] is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government that administers Social Security, a social insurance program consisting of retirement, disability and survivor benefits. To qualify for most of these benefits, most workers pay Social Security taxes on their earnings; the claimant ...

7. Pensions in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Those 65 and over have a median net worth of about $250,000 (shown), about a quarter of the group's average (not shown). [1] Pensions in the United States consist of the Social Security system, public employees retirement systems, as well as various private pension plans offered by employers, insurance companies, and unions.

8. 36% of American retirees say they collect less Social ...

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   In more than a third of instances (36%), retirees reported that they receive less in Social Security benefits than expected, compared to the 9% who say they receive more and 56% who collect about ...

9. History of Social Security in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Under the 1983 amendments to Social Security, a previously enacted increase in the payroll tax rate was accelerated, additional employees were added to the system, the full-benefit retirement age was slowly increased, and up to one-half of the value of the Social Security benefit was made potentially taxable income.