Sen Sanders: ‘Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit,’
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) slammed the “hypocrisy” of deficit hawks seeking to cut Social Security, arguing in a recent interview with Raw Story that the program is fully solvent for several decades and that diminishing its scope would drastically damage Democratic prospects. “Social Security has nothing to do with the deficit. That’s a totally bogus issue,” Sanders said. “To talk about Social Security within the context of deficit reduction is total nonsense, because it has not contributed one nickel to the deficit.” While Social Security payouts did exceed revenues for the first time last year, the Social Security Trust Fund presently enjoys a surplus of $2.6 trillion and is expected to remain solvent in its current form until 2037, according to its trustees report.
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