Course Details
930: Solving Social Security
February 4-7, 2019
11:45 AM -
1:15 PM
In-Person
The Social Security Trust Fund is projected to be exhausted by 2034 according to the 2018 Trustees Report. What should we as a nation do about that? Should we increase taxes? Reduce benefits? Both? Do nothing? Change the nature of the Social Security system? Scrap the system? This short course will describe our Social Security system and explore alternative policy options. Everyone in the class will be expected to participate and express their own views. There is no required reading, but you will have two homework assignments: Watch a specific episode of "The West Wing," and come up with your own plan for the future of the Social Security system.
Class Type: Discussion
Class Format: TBA
Hours of Reading: No reading
Study Group Leader(s):
Martin SilfenMartin Silfen was a practicing tax attorney for 21 years, specializing in retirement planning and estate planning, and a wealth planner with a wealth management firm for 14 years. He is the author of The Retirement Plan Distribution Advisor (2002). He has previously led OLLI courses on tax policy and financial planning.