How Immigration Can Save Social Security

My name is Brian Doherty. I’m an author and Social Security expert, and I believe that immigration can save Social Security.

For the last 13 years, I have traveled all across the country giving my Social Security presentation to over 80,000 people. The most frequently asked question I receive is: “How much longer is Social Security going to be around, because isn’t it going broke?”

A recent survey reported that 80% of future retirees worry about Social Security running out of money, and not being able to continue making benefit payments. That’s millions of people, including the 70 million people who currently receive a Social Security check every month.

That will never happen – but Social Security does have a long-term funding issue. If nothing is done to address this funding issue, then in the year 2034, Social Security will have to cut everybody’s benefits by 22%.

Tens of millions of retirees are dependent on their Social Security for over 50% of their income in retirement, and for many of them, Social Security provides over 90% of their retirement income. A 22% cut in benefits would have a devastating effect on their quality of life, pushing millions of them into the ranks of poverty. Most of the current proposals to fix Social Security’s funding issue involve either benefit cuts, tax increases or a combination of both – and nobody likes any of those options.


A potential solution that would not include benefit cuts or tax increases would be to dramatically increase legal immigration.


Immigration is a sensitive political issue, but I am not making a political statement. There are some very compelling reasons why increasing immigration would have a positive impact on addressing Social Security’s long term funding issue. In fact, from a Social Security perspective, there are no downsides or negatives, there are only positives. If the 70 million people currently receiving a Social Security benefit don’t want to see their benefits cut by 22%, they should also be in favor of increasing immigration. I outline all of the compelling reasons why we should consider increasing legal immigration in the attached article titled: “Immigration Can Save Social Security”.

I am open to interviews to elaborate more on this idea, you can contact me by telephone or email.

Phone: +1 518-588-7279

Email: brianp57@aol.com

Thank you,
Brian Doherty

Brian Doherty

Meet Brian Doherty

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Brian is the author of the critically acclaimed and award-winning book, “Getting Paid To Wait – Bigger Social Security Benefits the Simple and Easy Way.” His book received the International Book Award as the best book in 2015 in the Business/Personal Finance category. It also received the Eric Hoffer award as one of the best business books in 2015. He has been interviewed and written articles that have appeared in various national media publications, including Forbes, Huffington Post, US News, Newsday, Investment News, and the Retirement Income Journal. Brian is a nationally recognized expert on Social Security, and a frequent speaker and media commentator on this topic. He has more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry, and is President of Filtech, a consulting company specializing in Social Security claiming strategies that helps retirees maximize their Social Security income. 

Brian’s background includes high-level executive management positions at several Fortune 500 financial services companies, including President and CEO of Key Bank’s investment subsidiary, Key Investments, and National Sales Manager for New York Life’s retirement income security division. Brian is a sought after Public Speaker and has been a featured speaker for Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, UBS, Citibank, New York Life and numerous other Financial Institutions. He received his MBA in Finance from Syracuse University and BS in Accounting from Elmira College.

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Immigration Can Save Social Security

Immigration can save our Social Security system. Social Security is facing some major financial problems that need to be dealt with in the next eleven years. Download my article to learn more about it.

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