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Summary of Provisions That Would Change the Social Security Program |
Description of Proposed Provisions:
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Estimates based on the intermediate assumptions of the 2005 Trustees Report
Change from present law | Results with this provision | |||||
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Long-range actuarial balance |
Annual balance in 75th year |
Long-range actuarial balance |
Annual balance in 75th year |
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Present Law, Alternative II. |
-1.92 | -5.70 | ||||
D1 | Raise payroll tax rates
(for employees and employers combined) by 2.0 percentage points
in 2006 and later. graph | table | pdf-graph | pdf-table |
1.96 | 2.00 | 0.04 | -3.70 | |
D2 | Raise payroll tax rates (for employees
and employers combined) by 2.1 percentage points in 2020 (to 14.5%
combined) and by an additional 2.1 percentage points in 2050
(to 16.6% combined). graph | table | pdf-graph | pdf-table |
1.98 | 4.21 | 0.05 | -1.49 |
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