claim: "today, the social security system is broke."
author: steve lonegan
evidence_1: as a result of changes to social security enacted in 1983, benefits are now ....  that there will not be sharp breaks in the benefit or tax levels faced by succeeding  ...
evidence_2: jan 14, 2018 ... according to the social security administration, 62% of all retired ... americans  who now know they'll at least have some income waiting for ...
evidence_3: jun 8, 2018 ... despite news of its demise, social security isn't going broke. ... although there  are structural funding problems with the system, to say that the ... right now, the  amount of wages subject (or assessed for) to social security ...
evidence_4: dec 3, 2017 ... ken fisher, usa today published 7:00 a.m. et dec. ... the social security  administration recently announced 2018 beneficiaries will ... than most imagine  from headlines screaming about social security “going bankrupt.”.
evidence_5: but that wouldn't leave social security bankrupt and unable to pay any benefits.  even if congress does nothing to shore up the system by 2034, social security ...