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President tells unvarnished truth about social security.(Brief Article)
"You see, a lot of people in America think there's a trust, in this sense: that we take your money through payroll taxes and then we hold it for you, and then when you retire, we give it back to you. But that's not the way it works. There is no 'trust fund,' just IOUs that I saw firsthand, that future generations will pay for either in higher taxes or reduced ...
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