Why won't Democrats tell the truth about Social Security?

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"If we did nothing with Social Security," said Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic leader, at a highly publicized event in New York with many leading Democrats, "Social Security would pay 100 percent of benefits for the next 50 years."
That's undeniably true, senator -- if we raise taxes, cut benefits or both. For as you well know, there's nothing but IOUs in the Social Security "Trust Fund." And when the system begins -- in 2018, which is 13 years from now, not 50 -- to pay out more than it collects, how will we make up the difference?[pP]>download game xxx k700
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