Debt Impasse Or Not, Social Security Reform Is Coming

Here's how proposals would change your retirement benefits

No matter what plan emerges from the debt talks in Washington, future Social Security benefits will be trimmed back. 

As Congress and the White House continue their dysfunctional dance toward financial Armageddon, the elusive, $4 trillion Grand Plan that would include Social Security and Medicare reform has fallen off the table.

But in the early stages of the budget battle, a series of proposals surfaced that provide some clues about what broad reform of Social Security might look like.

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