Will Social Security ‘Be There’ When You Retire?

• YES, assuming that Congress does not totally end the program or privatize it.

• Depending on your age and in what year you retire, your Social Security benefits might be 10-30% than currently planned benefit levels. But current planned benefit levels for the future are much higher than today’s benefits.

• It is reasonable to assume that future benefit levels, even if you retire in 2050, will be at least as great as today’s benefits.