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| + | [[subject::myths about the Social Security program]] | ||
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| + | ==About== | ||
| + | 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. These arguments 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. | ||
| + | ===Examples=== | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | This text posted on Facebook | + | This text was posted on Facebook; the original source and/or backing sources for the claims needs to be tracked down: |
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<p>There is no Social Security crisis. And the extent of the federal budget crisis as a whole is being wildly overblown to scare us toward drastic measures rather than rational solutions.</p> | <p>There is no Social Security crisis. And the extent of the federal budget crisis as a whole is being wildly overblown to scare us toward drastic measures rather than rational solutions.</p> | ||
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===to file=== | ===to file=== | ||
* http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/opinion/commentary/article_e588c88d-57af-5652-afe7-ad81d8015482.html | * http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/opinion/commentary/article_e588c88d-57af-5652-afe7-ad81d8015482.html | ||
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