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slipslidingaway

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Thu Nov-19-09 11:53 PM
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4. + 2.5 Trillion ...

you are so right, many times we are swayed by the talk of the day and ignore the real issues.

Welcome to DU :)

"...There is precedent to create this type of commission with real teeth. President Ronald Reagan created a commission, chaired by Alan Greenspan, to shore up Social Security in the early 1980s..."

They raised the SS taxes to build up a 2.5 Trillion trust fund for the baby boom generation, which will now be difficult to pay back.

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