This eight-page summary highlights key sections of the full report, Strengthening Social Security: What Do Americans Want?
The study explored Americans’ views on Social Security across generations, income levels, and political party affiliation and used trade-off analysis, a market research technique, to explore the kinds of policy changes Americans want for Social Security
The findings examine whether Americans would...
- ...raise the retirement age to 68 or 70?
- ...means test benefits for the well-to-do?
- ...increase the Social Security tax that all workers and employers pay?
- ...raise the cap on earnings that are taxed and counted toward Social Security?
- ...use the chained CPI to produce a slightly lower cost-of living adjustment?
- ...increase benefits for long-serving low-paid workers?
- ...increase the COLA to reflect inflation experienced by seniors?
- ...reinstate student benefits for children of disabled or deceased workers?
Download the highlights.
Read the press release.