Social Security Keeps 20 Million Americans Out of Poverty: A State-By-State Analysis
By Paul N. Van de Water and Arloc Sherman
"Without Social Security benefits, 45.2 percent of elderly Americans would have incomes below the poverty line, all else being equal. With Social Security benefits, only 9.7 percent are poor. Some 13.2 million elderly Americans are lifted out of poverty by Social Security....
"Social Security reduces elderly poverty dramatically in every state in the nation....
"In all, 1.1 million children are lifted out of poverty by Social Security."
View the full report:
http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3260
http://www.cbpp.org/files/8-11-10socsec.pdf 5pp.
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