As Social Security turns 80, what does its future hold?
(By - Emily Gersema, news.usc.edu)
On this day 80 years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act, creating a public retirement system for millions of Americans. Since then, Social Security has become a primary source of income for retired, aging citizens, and provided support to dependents, family members who have lost loved ones, and disabled Americans. In 2014, more than 59 million people received $863 billion in benefits from the program. However, its capacity to support such numbers for generations to come is often the subject of political debate. Read more…
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