BUSI 421 SOCIAL SECURITY ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS OVERVIEW This assignment is designed to help you become more familiar with the Social Security system and to help you project your possible future benefits, if you are an eligible participant. INSTRUCTIONS Please visit the Social Security Administrations website. Review the site at your leisure, then locate the Calculators page (there is a link at the bottom of the home page). Play around with the various calculators with a special emphasis on the following: Retirement Estimator Early or Late Retirement Calculator Benefits for Spouses Calculator Earnings Test Calculator Additionally, if you are an eligible participant in Social Security and have not already created your online account at this site, consider doing so. Your deliverable for this assignment is simply to provide a short summary of your experience with this activity. Were you familiar with this site previously? Did you find this exercise valuable? What is your personal opinion/philosophy on the Social Security system? How dependent do you feel you can afford to be on potential payout from this system to provide your desired lifestyle in retirement? Any discussion is fair game! FORMATTING Please follow APA formatting and provide a proper citation of the companys website in your submission. Minimum word count for the assignment is 250. Please review the assignment rubric for additional information around grading and expectations.