In his State of the Union address last January, President Bill Clinton opened a national discussion about how to "Save Social Security." Clinton proposed that any federal budget surplus (now estimated at $75 billion or more) be dedicated to shoring up the anticipated shortfall in Social Security revenues in the coming century. At present, Social Security runs a $100 billion a (...)
Editorial
Keeping security social
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