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1994-96 Advisory Council Report

 
 Table 19   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 2019
            --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          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)    85867   147232   187747   207806   142430   101411   146724   167965   206500   222028
 PL PAYGO      (2.3)    85867   147232   187747   207806   142430   101411   146724   167965   206500   222028
 5% PSA-All Tax(2.3)   112667   180696   228774   243369   175734   139816   179905   215896   257112   296563
 5% PSA-Hi Yld (2.3)   134644   229047   300694   327670   224075   167139   224009   276614   336137   393713
 1.6% IA-Hi Yld(2.3)   100953   172944   211786   227530   164232   125447   169158   208723   238132   263889
 MB+           (4.6)   109131   187307   239204   264829   181276   128745   186288   213886   263029   282807
 MB-PAYGO      (4.2)    85824   147146   187677   207709   142359   101360   146640   167869   206418   221956
 MTR           (2.3)    79384   125442   141081   145389   116786    98641   125779   149154   160483   168579
 LTR           (2.3)    70327    87515    90130    81518    82613    87178    94879    98924   104807   109408
 
            Present Value of Expected Pyrl Tax (EE + ER)               Cohort 22 in 2019
            --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          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)    66737   145433   216855   254833   145794    81988   131180   182194   235858   291512
 PL PAYGO      (2.3)    82330   179388   267463   314194   179822   101148   161776   224776   290916   359642
 5% PSA-All Tax(2.3)    72948   158992   237092   278697   159395    89616   143434   199146   257856   318634
 5% PSA-Hi Yld (2.3)    74918   163260   243438   286071   163665    92038   147260   204528   264770   327246
 1.6% IA-Hi Yld(2.3)    75349   164199   244837   287716   164607    92568   148108   205704   266292   329126
 MB+           (4.6)    74918   163260   243438   286071   163665    92038   147260   204528   264770   327246
 MB-PAYGO      (4.2)    72136   157169   234331   275261   157548    88624   141736   196940   254880   315104
 MTR           (2.3)    66737   145433   216855   254833   145794    81988   131180   182194   235858   291512
 LTR           (2.3)    48007   104619   155998   183315   104878    58978    94366   131064   169668   209702
 
            Present Value of Expected "Net Subsidy"                    Cohort 22 in 2019
            --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          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)    19130     1799   -29108   -47026    -3364    19423    15544   -14229   -29358   -69484
 PL PAYGO      (2.3)     3537   -32156   -79716  -106387   -37392      263   -15052   -56811   -84416  -137614
 5% PSA-All Tax(2.3)    39719    21705    -8318   -35328    16340    50200    36471    16750     -744   -22071
 5% PSA-Hi Yld (2.3)    59726    65787    57256    41599    60410    75101    76749    72086    71367    66467
 1.6% IA-Hi Yld(2.3)    25603     8744   -33051   -60185     -374    32879    21050     3019   -28160   -65237
 MB+           (4.6)    34213    24047    -4234   -21242    17611    36707    39028     9358    -1741   -44439
 MB-PAYGO      (4.2)    13688   -10023   -46654   -67552   -15189    12736     4904   -29071   -48462   -93148
 MTR           (2.3)    12647   -19991   -75775  -109444   -29008    16653    -5401   -33040   -75375  -122933
 LTR           (2.3)    22320   -17104   -65867  -101796   -22265    28200      513   -32140   -64861  -100294
 
            Moneys Worth Ratio (BenefitsX100/Taxes)                    Cohort 22 in 2019
            --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          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)      129      101       87       82       98      124      112       92       88       76
 PL PAYGO      (2.3)      104       82       70       66       79      100       91       75       71       62
 5% PSA-All Tax(2.3)      154      114       96       87      110      156      125      108      100       93
 5% PSA-Hi Yld (2.3)      180      140      124      115      137      182      152      135      127      120
 1.6% IA-Hi Yld(2.3)      134      105       87       79      100      136      114      101       89       80
 MB+           (4.6)      146      115       98       93      111      140      127      105       99       86
 MB-PAYGO      (4.2)      119       94       80       75       90      114      103       85       81       70
 MTR           (2.3)      119       86       65       57       80      120       96       82       68       58
 LTR           (2.3)      146       84       58       44       79      148      101       75       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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