Social Security’s trust fund could run out of money sooner than expected due to changes in taxes and benefits
- Written by Dennis W. Jansen, Professor of Economics and Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University
A closed entrance to the Social Security Administration headquarters sits empty in Woodlawn, Md., on March 20, 2025. Wesley Lapointe/The Washington Post via Getty ImagesSocial Security is one of the federal government’s biggest programs.
Roughly 67 million Americans, most of whom are 65 or older, received Social Security benefits in 2023. An...