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New Poll: Most Americans Expect Social Security Benefit Cuts; a Third Believe the Program Won’t Exist When They Retire
CATO
2025.12.16
- Key Points

· 83% have a favorable view of Social Security.

· 30% believe Social Security will not exist when they retire.

· 70% expect Social Security benefits to be cut in the future.

· 58% say younger workers are getting a worse deal than today’s retirees receive.

· 62% say Congress has “mostly broken its promises” in managing Social Security.

· 49% don’t know their payroll taxes fund current retirees’ benefits.

· 77% oppose cutting benefits for current and future retirees.

· 77% oppose raising their own payroll taxes by $1,300 per year.

· 71% support creating a nonpartisan commission to fix Social Security.

· 51% say they aren’t currently saving for retirement.