Social Security will pay out more than $1.6 trillion in benefits to seniors this year. (Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg)Without Social Security, few Americans could retire at age 67 without fear of poverty-ridden old age. More than 40% of those over the age of 80 receive 90% or more of their income from the retirement program.
Why Saving Social Security Is Everyone's Burden to Share
Making high-income retirees shoulder the burden of much-needed cuts isn’t a fair solution, Brenton Smith writes.






