Legislative Alert
Letter to Senators in Support of Legislation to Protect Social Security Benefits for Millions of Disabled Americans
… Act of 2015,” introduced by Senator Wyden. S. 2090 is a common-sense Social Security proposal that will protect the earned benefits of millions of disabled Americans. Our Social Security system is fundamentally sound with an overall surplus of $2.8 trillion, enough to pay 100 percent of all earned benefits, both disability and retirement, through 2034. A shortfall in the disability fund, however, is projected near the … mean that 10.8 million disabled workers and their dependents who receive an average of $1,165 a month, would see their benefits cut to about $943. Allowing this to occur is both mean-spirited and unnecessary. Congress can put both of Social …