ANALYSIS SECTION
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Cohorts Equalized taxes paid. Charts showing taxes paid by earlier workers in 1996 dollars adjusted by change in US Average Wage. | Today's Workers are Paying much more! |
Taxing OASI Benefits | TAXATION |
The Present Value of the Unfunded Liability for Old Age Survivors Insurance. Based on a OASI being eliminated and only accrued benefits to date being paid. | COLD TURKEY! |
The Present Value of the Unfunded Liability for Old Age Survivors Insurance. Based on a continuation of OASI forever. | |
The Current Cash Flow of OASI with nothing being done. | CURRENT CASH FLOW OF OASI |
Ever wonder what the effect would have been on current retirees net-worth had they been subjected to the same FICA Tax? | CURRE NT UNDERPAYMENT BY CURRENT RETIREES |
Ever wonder what OASI's unfunded liability by age is? Find out how much you owe the OASI Trust fund before receiving further or future benefits. | UNFUNDED LIABILITY BY AGE |
Increasing the Retirement Age: How many years increase for each year of increased life expectancy? Is it fair? | INCREASED LIFE EXPECTANCY & INCREASED RETIREMENT AGE |
Does a Minimum Wage Earner benefit from Social Security? | MINIMUM WAGE & OASI |
FICA TAX RATES, BENEFIT INCREASES AND CPI | THE TRUTH! |
Maximum OASI Tax Paid Vs. OASI benefit and What a Privately Invested Amount would have earned. | OASI Tax Paid |
Average OASI tax paid by those born 1917 to 1932. Their OASI benefits and theoretical life time tax rate to pay OASI benefits. | OASI Tax that should have been Applied |
If Social Security continues along with same level of government services, what are the individual projected tax burdens (OASI, DI, Medicare, Federal Income Tax) | Projected Tax Burden Vs worker/retiree ratio |
![]() The most OPTIMISTIC PROJECTION Does Clinton's Plan help or hurt?
Clinton's Other Solution? Under Clinton's Watch the Unfunded liability for OASI has gone from $4.5 trillion to $10 Trillion and he wants to save Social Security? | |
Analysis of Opting Out of Social Security. Is it the right thing for you to do? | QUIT |
Some Interesting Charts | GRAPHS |
Defense Spending & President Reagan | ![]() |
Tables comparing the earnings wage base since 1937 | ![]() |
Status of OASI Fund from 1999 to 2100.Compares Unfunded liability, phasing out OASI, Wage growth, Return on Fund Balance, Benefit cuts and FICA rate required to meet certain criteria. | Table 5 |
United States Federal Cash Flow till 2008. Where's the Surplus? | Table 6 |
Personal Income Taxes lost due to FICA increases | Table 10 |
If all workers had paid the same OASI Tax rate since 1937, the OASI Fund would have a minimum of $6.2 Trillion instead of $589 Billion! | Table 11 |
Corporate Taxes lost due to FICA tax increases | Table 12 |
Comparison of OASI Taxes paid and benefits paid from 1940 till 2078. | What Others Paid? |