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GAP WIDENS BETWEEN TRUSTEES AND CBO ON SOCIAL SECURITY
(Source - crfb.org)
Although the Social Security Trustees estimate the program’s financial outlook has slightly improved relative to last year, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) takes a different view. As with Medicare, CBO is far more pessimistic about Social Security’s future. This is true relative to last year, but especially relative to the Social Security Trustees. Indeed, while the Trustees project a 2034 insolvency date (on a combined basis) and 2.7 percent of payroll 75-year shortfall, CBO estimates insolvency will come five years earlier, and that the program will have a 75-year shortfall of 4.4 percent of payroll. Read more…
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