Can you put in overtime? Social Security needs you
The value of Social Security benefits keeps rising ? while the number of workers per recipient keeps falling. From 1970 to 2010, the ratio of workers funding the program to Social Security beneficiaries fell from 3.6 workers per recipient to just 2.8 workers per recipient. Meanwhile, the value of Social Security benefits goes up. Adjusting for inflation, the average Social Security payment rose 38 percent between 1972 and 2011, thanks to changes made by Congress.
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