Proposed Provision: Give credit to parents with a child under 6 for earnings for up to five years. The earnings credited for a childcare year equal one half of the Social Security average-wage index (about $20,922 in 2010). The credits are available for all past years to newly eligible retired-worker and disabled-worker beneficiaries starting in 2012. The 5 years are chosen to yield the largest increase in AIME.

OASDI Trust Fund Ratio
(assets as a percentage of annual expenditures)

Year Present Law Provision
2011353353
2012347347
2013341340
2014334333
2015328326
2016321319
2017314311
2018306302
2019296292
2020284279
2021272266
2022259252
2023245237
2024230222
2025214206
2026198189
2027181171
2028164152
2029145133
2030127113
203110792
20328771
20336750
20344628
2035256
20364-17
2037-18-40
2038-40-63
2039-62-87
2040-85-111
2041-108-135
2042-130-159
2043-153-184
2044-176-208
2045-200-233
2046-223-258
2047-247-284
2048-271-309
2049-295-335
2050-319-361
2051-343-388
2052-368-414
2053-393-441
2054-418-468
2055-443-495
2056-468-522
2057-494-550
2058-521-579
2059-548-608
2060-575-637
2061-602-667
2062-630-697
2063-659-728
2064-687-759
2065-716-790
2066-746-822
2067-775-854
2068-805-886
2069-835-919
2070-866-952
2071-897-985
2072-928-1019
2073-960-1053
2074-992-1088
2075-1025-1123
2076-1058-1159
2077-1092-1196
2078-1126-1233
2079-1161-1270
2080-1196-1308
2081-1232-1347
2082-1268-1386
2083-1305-1425
2084-1342-1466
2085-1380-1506
2086-1419-1548
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