Proposed Provision: A7. Starting December 2018, reduce the annual COLA by 1 percentage point, but not to less than zero. In cases where the unreduced COLA is less than 1 percentage point, do not carry over the unused reduction into future years.
OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
(assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)
| Year |
Current Law |
Provision |
| 2017 | 298 | 298 |
| 2018 | 287 | 287 |
| 2019 | 273 | 275 |
| 2020 | 259 | 264 |
| 2021 | 245 | 254 |
| 2022 | 230 | 243 |
| 2023 | 215 | 232 |
| 2024 | 199 | 221 |
| 2025 | 182 | 210 |
| 2026 | 165 | 198 |
| 2027 | 148 | 186 |
| 2028 | 130 | 174 |
| 2029 | 112 | 163 |
| 2030 | 94 | 151 |
| 2031 | 75 | 140 |
| 2032 | 56 | 129 |
| 2033 | 37 | 117 |
| 2034 | 16 | 106 |
| 2035 | -4 | 94 |
| 2036 | -26 | 82 |
| 2037 | -47 | 69 |
| 2038 | -70 | 57 |
| 2039 | -92 | 45 |
| 2040 | -115 | 34 |
| 2041 | -138 | 22 |
| 2042 | -161 | 11 |
| 2043 | -184 | 0 |
| 2044 | -207 | -11 |
| 2045 | -230 | -21 |
| 2046 | -253 | -32 |
| 2047 | -276 | -42 |
| 2048 | -300 | -52 |
| 2049 | -323 | -62 |
| 2050 | -346 | -72 |
| 2051 | -370 | -82 |
| 2052 | -393 | -91 |
| 2053 | -417 | -101 |
| 2054 | -440 | -111 |
| 2055 | -464 | -121 |
| 2056 | -487 | -132 |
| 2057 | -511 | -142 |
| 2058 | -536 | -153 |
| 2059 | -560 | -164 |
| 2060 | -585 | -176 |
| 2061 | -611 | -187 |
| 2062 | -637 | -199 |
| 2063 | -663 | -212 |
| 2064 | -690 | -225 |
| 2065 | -717 | -238 |
| 2066 | -745 | -251 |
| 2067 | -772 | -265 |
| 2068 | -801 | -279 |
| 2069 | -829 | -293 |
| 2070 | -858 | -308 |
| 2071 | -888 | -323 |
| 2072 | -918 | -338 |
| 2073 | -949 | -354 |
| 2074 | -981 | -370 |
| 2075 | -1014 | -387 |
| 2076 | -1047 | -404 |
| 2077 | -1082 | -421 |
| 2078 | -1117 | -439 |
| 2079 | -1153 | -458 |
| 2080 | -1190 | -476 |
| 2081 | -1227 | -494 |
| 2082 | -1264 | -513 |
| 2083 | -1300 | -531 |
| 2084 | -1337 | -549 |
| 2085 | -1374 | -568 |
| 2086 | -1410 | -586 |
| 2087 | -1446 | -604 |
| 2088 | -1483 | -623 |
| 2089 | -1520 | -642 |
| 2090 | -1557 | -661 |
| 2091 | -1595 | -680 |
| 2092 | -1633 | -700 |
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