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Social Security trust funds

The potential impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill's tax cuts on the Social Security trust funds and their projected depletion.

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Feb 6, 2026

What specific SSDI monthly benefit changes does the One Big Beautiful Bill propose for 2025?

does not raise SSDI monthly checks or change the SSDI benefit formula for 2025; instead its most direct effect on people receiving SSDI is a temporary, age‑based federal income‑tax deduction that can ...

Feb 3, 2026

How do intragovernmental holdings of Social Security affect the federal debt limit and debt‑held‑by‑the‑public calculations?

—chiefly the special Treasury securities owned by the —are counted as part of gross federal debt but are distinct from debt held by the public, and their movements shift where the government records i...