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This Was the Average Social Security Benefit in 1994, and Here's What It Is Now

  • Bias Rating

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    25% ReliableLimited

  • Policy Leaning

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Politician Portrayal

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Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Social Security benefits also change over time, thanks to cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs).
58% : The table below shows how average benefits have changed: Source: Data source: Social Security Administration, 2023 Annual Statistical Supplement.
48% : Social Security was never intended to fully replace your pre-retirement income.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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