A New Poll Shows Huge bipartisan majorities of Ohioans Want a Permanent Fix to Social Security

With Social Security recipients facing automatic 22 percent cuts in six years, Ohioans could scarcely be more unified in their demand that it be permanently fixed, according to a poll a nonpartisan foundation is calling attention to. 

Due to decades of congressional inaction, the Social Security Trust Fund is now expected to become insolvent in six years. The shortfall will trigger an average monthly cut in Ohio of $487, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) reports.

AARP Ohio estimates that the program keeps more than 700,000 Ohio seniors out of poverty, so such a large reduction in benefits would plunge many seniors into poverty at a time in their lives when they can do little about it.

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