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Fast Facts

Links to assorted fact sheets and short briefs on various aspects of the Social Security program. See also The Century Foundation's 2005 edition of The Basics: Social Security Reform.

 
Social Security Program Fact Sheets
Social Security Administration, 1/3/2005
Basic current numbers on beneficiaries, average benefits, and trust fund financial operations.
Link to Report
Basic Facts on Social Security and Proposed Benefit Cuts/Privatization
David Rosnick, Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, 11/16/2004
The Center for Economic and Policy Research offers a primer on Social Security's finances and privatization plans.
Link to Report
Fast Facts & Figures About Social Security
Social Security Administration, 6/1/2003
Frequently requested data for the Social Security (retirement, survivors, and disability) and Supplemental Security Income programs.
Link to Report
Social Security: Brief Facts and Statistics
Geoffrey Kollman, Congressional Research Service, 3/20/2003
Facts and statistics about Social Security including information about taxes and benefits, the program’s impact on recipients’ incomes, federal tax receipts, and more.
Link to Report (PDF)
African Americans and the Social Security Debate
Institute for America's Future, 2/2/2005
Fact sheet on the special importance of Social Security for African Americans.
Link to Report(PDF)
Why Young Workers Should Care About Social Security
AFL-CIO, 2/2/2005
Short brief on the importance of the Social Security program to younger workers.
Link (PDF)
Why Social Security is Important to Hispanic and Latino Americans
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 10/1/2004
Proponents of privatization ignore the broad array of benefits that make Social Security a uniquely valuable program for Hispanic Americans.
Link to Report (PDF)
Social Security and African Americans: Some Facts
Ke Bin Wu, Laurel Beedon, AARP, 8/1/2003
Some assert that African Americans and Hispanics bear a large portion of the cost of the program, but will receive little in benefits. What are the facts?
Link to Issue Brief



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