In 2024, about eight in ten polled American adults believed that the Social Security system should either be kept the same or expanded; however, the Social Security Trust Fund, the monetary base for the Social Security program, is projected to become insolvent by 2034.
The research question: ‘Why is the American government unable to balance Social Security’s revenues and expenses, and what can we do to change that?’
By Ben Eagleton, Research Associate.
