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In Social Security We Trust


National Women's Law Center - Don't Discount Women: Social Security Is Women's Security
Did you hear?
This morning the Social Security Board of Trustees released its annual report. Here’s the bottom line: Social Security is still going strong.
Even with no changes to the current program, Social Security can pay 100 percent of promised benefits for the next 20 years, and 77 percent of promised benefits after that.
We need your help to get this positive message about Social Security out far and wide. The sad fact is that there are entire organizations (and even some wealthy individuals) dedicated to weakening public support for Social Security. That’s why we need your help to share this image and let people know that they can still count on Social Security. Share it on Facebook now.Infographic - Social Security Will Be There When We Need ItYou can:

Why is the news about Social Security especially good news for women? Consider this — women 65 and older rely on Social Security for more than half their family income. Minority women disproportionately rely on Social Security disability benefits. And without Social Security, nearly half of all women 65 and older, and more than 1.1 million additional children, would be poor.
It’s true that there’s a long-term Social Security shortfall. But there are ways to close that financing gap — like having the highest earners pay their fair share by paying payroll tax on all of their earnings.
The new Trustees’ Report proves that we can still trust in Social Security.
Let’s share this image and let everyone know!
Thank you for all that you do.
Sincerely,
Joan Entmacher  Joan Entmacher Vice President, Family Economic Security National Women’s Law Center    

P.S. Check out this blog post for more details on the Social Security Trustees’ Report.