Social Security Benefits Cuts Calculator

In continuing efforts to combat what they see as a detrimental plan by President Bush to overhaul Social Security, Senate Democrats have unveiled a new tool to aid their cause: a social security calculator which shows how much individuals will lose if benefits are "price-indexed" as opposed to "wage-indexed." Many Senators are posting these calculators on their official web sites to bring attention to the issue. While the calculator cannot accurately portray what would happen with an overhaul because no specific plan has been announced, it does show what would happen if the criteria to which benefits are currently indexed were to change. This is a policy which is supported by a number of Congressional GOP leaders, as well as many senior administration officials.
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