What a trust fund shortfall would actually do, why the date moved, and the assumption every projection is making.
The most common belief about the largest source of retirement income is wrong, and it is wrong in the direction of despair.
Benefits would not stop. Incoming payroll taxes would still cover about 78% of scheduled benefits.
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