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"If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too."
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"The fine print in the President's Social Security proposal is that all present and future workers under age 55 will have their promised retirement benefits cut."

"If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too."
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