Nicole Woo Today is Social Security’s 79th birthday, a good time to celebrate the nation’s most effective anti-poverty program, which, especially after the housing crash and Great Recession, is crucial to the retirement security of middle- and working-class Americans. But in about 20 years, Social Security will likely be able to pay only about 3/4 … Continue reading How Old Will Social Security Be When the Rich Pay the Same Rate as the Rest of Us?