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1994-96 Advisory Council Report

 
 Table 07   Comparison of "Moneys Worth" for the OASDI Program for Present Law and
  StdVal       Advisory Council Options With Reduced CPI*
  NoTaxAdj
            Present Value of Expected Benefits                    Cohort 22 in 2007
            --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Composite Workers                           Married, Two Earner Couples
               (TF      -----------------------------------------    -----------------------------------------
               Real      Low      Ave     High      Max              Low/     Ave/     Ave/     High/    High/
 Package       Int)     Erns     Erns     Erns     Erns    Total      Low      Low      Ave      Ave      High
 
 Present Law   (2.3)    83576   143658   183509   203630   138989    98684   143096   163463   201297   216086
 PL PAYGO      (2.3)    83576   143658   183509   203630   138989    98684   143096   163463   201297   216086
 5% PSA-All Tax(2.3)   112120   180189   227489   242266   174943   139001   178979   214820   253875   295172
 5% PSA-Hi Yld (2.3)   133924   228258   300074   326817   223244   166125   222755   275094   334316   391611
 1.6% IA-Hi Yld(2.3)    99689   171512   210289   226536   162815   123698   167399   206401   235496   260728
 MB+           (4.6)   105440   181245   231869   257582   175477   124300   180209   206299   254185   272778
 MB-PAYGO      (4.2)    83536   143574   183440   203533   138920    98637   143014   163370   201217   216016
 MTR           (2.3)    78592   124953   140928   146133   116350    97456   124949   148086   159499   167425
 LTR           (2.3)    70076    87459    90397    82052    82613    86700    94500    98595   104547   109212
 
            Present Value of Expected Pyrl Tax (EE + ER)               Cohort 22 in 2007
            --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Composite Workers                           Married, Two Earner Couples
                        -----------------------------------------    ------------------------------------------
                         Low      Ave     High      Max              Low/     Ave/     Ave/     High/    High/
                        Erns     Erns     Erns     Erns    Total      Low      Low      Ave      Ave      High
 
 Present Law   (2.3)    66386   144891   216282   253928   145176    81542   130452   181206   234564   289930
 PL PAYGO      (2.3)    75084   163833   244523   286942   164140    92230   147466   204952   265210   327924
 5% PSA-All Tax(2.3)    76874   167806   250506   294204   168145    94422   151110   209828   271670   335724
 5% PSA-Hi Yld (2.3)    74524   162652   242791   285053   162971    91538   146444   203418   263314   325468
 1.6% IA-Hi Yld(2.3)    74952   163586   244187   286693   163907    92064   147284   204586   264828   327338
 MB+           (4.6)    74524   162652   242791   285053   162971    91538   146444   203418   263314   325468
 MB-PAYGO      (4.2)    68403   149276   222809   261519   149561    84022   134380   186718   241652   298748
 MTR           (2.3)    66386   144891   216282   253928   145176    81542   130452   181206   234564   289930
 LTR           (2.3)    47755   104228   155583   182663   104432    58658    93842   130350   168734   208562
 
            Present Value of Expected "Net Subsidy"                    Cohort 22 in 2007
            --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Composite Workers                           Married, Two Earner Couples
                        -----------------------------------------    ------------------------------------------
                         Low      Ave     High      Max              Low/     Ave/     Ave/     High/    High/
                        Erns     Erns     Erns     Erns    Total      Low      Low      Ave      Ave      High
 
 Present Law   (2.3)    17190    -1233   -32773   -50298    -6187    17142    12644   -17743   -33267   -73844
 PL PAYGO      (2.3)     8491   -20175   -61014   -83312   -25151     6454    -4370   -41489   -63913  -111838
 5% PSA-All Tax(2.3)    35246    12383   -23017   -51938     6799    44579    27869     4992   -17795   -40552
 5% PSA-Hi Yld (2.3)    59400    65606    57282    41764    60273    74587    76311    71676    71002    66143
 1.6% IA-Hi Yld(2.3)    24737     7926   -33898   -60157    -1092    31634    20115     1815   -29332   -66610
 MB+           (4.6)    30916    18593   -10922   -27471    12506    32762    33765     2881    -9129   -52690
 MB-PAYGO      (4.2)    15132    -5702   -39369   -57986   -10641    14615     8634   -23348   -40435   -82732
 MTR           (2.3)    12206   -19938   -75353  -107796   -28826    15914    -5503   -33120   -75065  -122505
 LTR           (2.3)    22321   -16769   -65186  -100611   -21819    28042      658   -31755   -64187   -99350
 
            Moneys Worth Ratio (BenefitsX100/Taxes)                    Cohort 22 in 2007
            --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          Composite Workers                           Married, Two Earner Couples
                        -----------------------------------------    ------------------------------------------
                         Low      Ave     High      Max              Low/     Ave/     Ave/     High/    High/
                        Erns     Erns     Erns     Erns    Total      Low      Low      Ave      Ave      High
 
 Present Law   (2.3)      126       99       85       80       96      121      110       90       86       75
 PL PAYGO      (2.3)      111       88       75       71       85      107       97       80       76       66
 5% PSA-All Tax(2.3)      146      107       91       82      104      147      118      102       93       88
 5% PSA-Hi Yld (2.3)      180      140      124      115      137      181      152      135      127      120
 1.6% IA-Hi Yld(2.3)      133      105       86       79       99      134      114      101       89       80
 MB+           (4.6)      141      111       96       90      108      136      123      101       97       84
 MB-PAYGO      (4.2)      122       96       82       78       93      117      106       87       83       72
 MTR           (2.3)      118       86       65       58       80      120       96       82       68       58
 LTR           (2.3)      147       84       58       45       79      148      101       76       62       52
    
Note: All values based in intermediate assumptions of the 1995 Trustees Report*. All dollar values are present value at age 22, then wage indexed to 1995. * Assuming 0.21% lower COLA starting Dec 97; no change in nominal wage or interest. Office of the Actuary / Social Security Administration July 28, 1996
 
 
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