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Actuaries state Social Security cut will be $325/mo starting in 2033 without changes - AMAC & Fox Business

That’s right, for the average Social Security recipient, benefit cuts of $325 per month begin in 2033 absent reform, according to the head actuaries for Social Security and Medicare, who testified before a House panel last week on the two safety net programs’ looming financial woes. Eric Revell of Fox Business takes readers through the much discussed problem of increasing longevity and fewer workers and notes solutions from both parties could not be more different. Full article here.

As an example of the leading thoughts on reforming Social Security, the Association of Mature American Citizens (AMAC, Inc.) believes Social Security must be preserved and modernized.  This can be achieved without tax increases by slight modifications to cost of living adjustments and payments to high income beneficiaries plus gradually increasing the full (but not early) retirement age.  AMAC Action, AMAC’s advocacy arm, supports an increase in the threshold where benefits are taxed and then indexing for inflation, and calls for eliminating the reduction in people’s benefits for those choosing to work before full retirement age.  AMAC is resolute in its mission that Social Security be preserved for current and successive generations and has gotten the attention of lawmakers in D.C., meeting with many congressional offices and staff over the past decade. 

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