Description: The purpose of this paper is to suggest that additional measures - which would supplement, rather than replace the percentage of payroll data currently used - should be examined to evaluate the projected effect of the cash benefits of the OASDI program. From the Actuarial Research Clearing House, 1994, Vol. 1.

Description: The Annual Reports of the Trustees, for the Social Security Trust Funds, are cornucopia of data. However, the major focus is on projections expressed as a percentage of payroll. The purpose of this paper is to suggest that additional measures - which would supplement, rather than replace the percentage of payroll data - should be examined to evaluate the projected effect of the cash benefits OASDI program.