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Monday, September 12, 2011

Just Like Everyone Else, Politicians Will Be Able To Get Social Security Benefits For Decades To Come

Washington, DC - Social Security is now in its 77th year of providing economic security to millions of Americans. And as Congress reconvenes this week, the program is sure to be a hotly discussed issue over the course of this session. Recently, some politicians -- Governor Rick Perry and Senator Marco Rubio, for example -- have claimed that Social Security is bankrupt or that it won’t be there for future generations. A new issue brief from the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) clearly demonstrates that Social Security will be able to pay full benefits for all Senators through 2038 and a little over 80 percent of their benefits thereafter, even with no changes to the program at all.

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