Social Security to See Payout Exceed Pay-In This Year

MARY WILLIAMS WALSH
The New York Times
March 26, 2010

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The bursting of the real estate bubble and the ensuing recession have hurt jobs, home prices and now Social Security.

This year, the system will pay out more in benefits than it receives in payroll taxes, an important threshold it was not expected to cross until at least 2016, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Stephen C. Goss, chief actuary of the Social Security Administration, said that while the Congressional projection would probably be borne out, the change would have no effect on benefits in 2010 and retirees would keep receiving their checks as usual.

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This article was posted: Friday, March 26, 2010 at 11:38 am

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