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1.
You may receive full Social Security retirement benefits if you are eligible for early retirement.
False. You are eligible for full retirement benefits only at normal retirement age.
2.
Social Security retirement benefits have faced financial challenges due to payroll taxes and interest on bonds being insufficient to cover the payouts on their own. To cope with this issue, Social Security has been redeeming _______.
Asset reserves. At that stage, the reserves are being drawn down and may disappear if a solution is not found.
3.
If you wait several years past the earliest date to collect Social Security, your benefit will _______.
Increase. The longer you wait to collect Social Security benefits, the higher the monthly benefit will be.
4.
Social Security benefits are based on financial need.
False. Anyone who pays Social Security taxes can collect Social Security benefits if they have enough credits.
5.
Self-employed individuals must pay all their Social Security taxes themselves.
True. If you are self-employed, you must pay all Social Security taxes yourself, including the portion that an employer would otherwise pay on your behalf.