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Congress must take action on Social Security

Another year has come and gone with neither Congress

nor the White House doing anything to ensure

Social Security is viable for future generations.

That is despite the fact that, at 80 years old, Social

Security is well on its way to going belly-up. Federal

officials say the Social Security trust fund will run out

ofmoney by 2033.

Without ever-increasing contributions from workingAmericans,

benefits to retirees cannot bemade. By

2033, the pool of Social Security recipients will total

about half the number of working people in this country.

That means that, on average, benefits for one

retireewill have to be covered entirely out of thewages

of two workers.

So something needs to be done to get Social Security

revenue balanced with benefits. But it didn’t happen

last year.

Some Democrats in Congress did have an idea in

2015, however: Theywanted to increase Social Security

benefits.

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