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The Cost of Cutting Social Security Taxes

The Cost of Cutting Social Security Taxes

Wharton’s Kent Smetters discusses the impact of eliminating Social Security benefit taxes.

This Week in Business · Wharton Podcast Network

February 26, 202510m 29s

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Show Notes

Kent Smetters, Faculty Director of the Penn Wharton Budget Model, breaks down the economic impact of eliminating taxes on Social Security benefits, how it could accelerate trust fund depletion, and why younger generations may bear the long-term financial burden.

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