Discuss the funding of Social Security. What determines benefits received from Social Security?

1. Discuss the funding of Social Security. What determines benefits received from Social Security? You do not need to know specific values, but you should have a good understanding of how these values vary with income.

The benefits of social security get their payment from the old-age reserves, disability insurance trust fund and also they get paid from survivors. Interest on the accumulated reserve holdings and dedicated tax revenues are the sources which are investments from Treasury securities play a very vital role in fund this Social security reserves. Currently from 2015 reserves have come very large such that cash flow will not become a problem to face the trust fund which may...