Numerology class

Oh look - more stats that Ginger has seen on tv ...

This time looking at Social Security
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this year alone
$45 billion
More going out than coming in
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Currently there is
$2.5 trillion
In the Social security trust fund
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By 2037 (if population trends stay the same) the fund will be depleted
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Fewer people working means less funds going into the trust fund as well

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Number of people receiving SS benefits
Up approx. 24,000%
in past 70 years
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SS outlays
Up 3.4%
Fiscal 2010
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SS costs
37%
Of mandated federal spending
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SS outlays
4.84%
U.S. GDP
2010
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There is also a call to stop SS payments to the wealthiest Americans ... But the wY it stands now, if you make over something like $30,000 you can't collect ... If I remember it from when my dad first looked at collecting it.