The topic for today in Something to Think About is “Social Security Disability, the US and Michigan.” The Social Security Disability fund will run dry in 2016. What has caused this upcoming shortfall? Are there potential solutions? What about Michigan?
What are the implications of the looming shortfall for the State? Because funding for the Social Security Disability fund will be such a hot issue in Washington early next year, we will do a two part series to address the problem. First, let’s look at the big picture, the situation for the US as a whole. Next week we will look at Michigan.
