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| − | The [[US/Social Security|Social Security]] system is often attacked by [[free marketeer|supporters of "free-market solutions"]] using various spurious claims that it is in financial trouble. | + | The [[US/Social Security|Social Security]] system is often attacked by [[free marketeer|supporters of "free-market solutions"]] using various spurious claims that it is in financial trouble, presumably with the intention of rebuilding it as a [[private profit]] center for themselves or eliminating it altogether in order to increase [[worker dependency]]. |
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| + | The arguments used tend to play heavily on the minor financial complexity involved in the fact that the system's funds are held as [[US/gov/treasury/bond|treasury bond]]s, a form of [[debt security]] backed by the [[US/gov|US government]], rather than cash. | ||
===Example=== | ===Example=== | ||