{"id":"tp-36315","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Social Security Scenario Puts Payroll Tax at 17.3% if Action Waits Until 2034","author":"Riza Dagoc","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/36315","datePublished":"2026-10-21T04:08:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-21T04:08:41.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"The modeled rate is a route to solvency through 2100. A separate retirement and survivors fund faces a projected reserve deadline in 2032.","section":"Regulation","references":[{"title":"Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/regulation/33185"},{"title":"Social Security’s 2027 cost-of-living adjustment","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/business/31845"}]}