Do you know what you’ve earned?  

You’ve earned your Social Security with every paycheck. You worked hard and paid into Social Security. It’s your money - you earned it. With prices soaring for everyday essentials like groceries, housing, and health care, Americans count on Social Security more than ever.

But without action, future payments could be reduced. That’s not right.

Congress must act in the next few years to keep Social Security strong. And AARP is fighting to make sure Social Security continues to deliver the full payments you’ve earned, for older Americans today, and their kids and grandkids tomorrow.

What AARP is fighting for:

• No cuts to the Social Security Payments you earned
• No reducing the annual cost-of-living adjustment
• No raising the retirement age

You earned your Social Security. Protect it. Strengthen it. Make your voice heard. Be a Social Security voter by visiting www.aarp.org/jointhefight.

I ask the question again. Do you know what you’ve earned?

Know what you’ve earned. Take a few minutes to better understand and help protect the money you’ve earned through a lifetime of hard work. Creating or checking your free personal My Social Security account is one of the easiest ways to better understand your Social Security and protect your information. In just a few minutes, a My Social Security account lets you:

• See your estimated monthly Social Security payments and learn how the age you claim could affect what you receive.  
• Review your earning history to make sure your record is accurate. Even small errors could affect your future payments.
• Get personalized estimates based on your actual work history to help you plan for retirement.
• Manage your Social Security payments online if you’re already receiving them.
• Access important documents, including payment verification letters and tax forms, whenever you need them.
• Help protect your identity by creating your account before someone else attempts to do so fraudulently.  

More than six in ten Americans aged 50 and older already have a My Social Security account. Whether retirement is years away or you’re already receiving Social Security, taking a few minutes today can help you better understand and protect the money you’ve earned through a lifetime of work. Visit www.ssa.gov today to get the answers you need.

You earned your Social Security. Make the most of it. You worked hard and paid into Social Security

with every paycheck. That’s why AARP will never stop fighting to protect and strengthen the Social Security payments you’ve earned.

You can join us to take action. Quickly connect with elected officials and candidates running for office in this November’s elections to share about why protecting Social Security matters to you.

This article was written by Nora Duncan, State Director of AARP CT.