2005-06-23 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- Leading House Republicans and Senate conservatives announced a plan Wednesday to create individual accounts from the Social Security surplus, a move long urged ...

Social Security has run a surplus for years, with the payroll tax revenues collected from 140 million workers and their employers exceeding the program’s payments to 44 million beneficiaries.

Since the federal government and others wail that the Social Security trust fund will be unable to provide benefits promised and already paid for by a specific year, what in blazes are they doing ...

Social Security's Surplus Is Running Out -- and 78% of Americans Are Opposed to One Way to Fix That. By Selena Maranjian – Sep 22, 2023 at 5:05AM Key Points. Social Security ...

The Social Security trustees project the surplus will be gone in 2033. Unless Congress acts, Social Security would only collect enough tax revenue each year to pay about 75 percent of benefits, ...

It's hard to plan when you're not sure what's happening next. How President Donald Trump's changes to Social Security are ...

An annual "Social Security budget surplus" is created when Social Security receipts exceed the combined cost of providing benefits and administering the system. The yearly increase in 2000 for the ...

Social Security's reserves are projected to run out in 2033, according to a new report, at which point the entitlement program's trust fund will be able to pay out just 77% of benefits to seniors ...

WASHINGTON -- As millions of baby boomers flood Social Security with applications for benefits, the program's $2.7 trillion surplus is starting to look small. For nearly three decades Social ...

Social Security would be able to pay out only 77% in benefits starting in 2033, ... The program tapped the surplus, which ended last year at $2.830 trillion, down from $2.852 trillion.