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How Social Security rules harm the two-earner household
Marlene Satter of BenefitsPro addresses the issue of women in the workforce and how that has changed since Social Security was enacted in the 1930s. Women now remain single for longer, and many more women are employed outside the home. However, she notes Social Security’s benefit structure designed for women has not kept up with that changing status. Satter states, “because of Social Security’s progressive benefit formula—which provides a higher benefit relative to earnings for lower earners—the average two-earner couple has a ‘Social Security replacement rate’ that is not only lower than the one-earner couple but also significantly below the rate for single women.” Read the full piece here.
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