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Social Security's retirement trust fund may run out in nine years. Here's how the next U.S. president may address that

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Almost 68 million Americans receive Social Security payments every month.

The Social Security Administration is facing a looming funding crisis over the next decade .

Both candidates have vowed to protect Social Security benefits.

Ending taxes on benefits would move the insolvency date of Social Security's trust fund closer by over one year .

Top earners with $1 million in gross annual wage income stopped paying into the program as of March 2 .

Washington Democrats have proposed reapplying taxes for earnings over $400,000 or $ 250,000 in separate proposals.

In 2024 , the limit on earnings that are subject to the Social Security payroll tax is $ 168,600 .

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