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has soared to eighty did you read today's op ed by matt miller senior
fellow at the center for american progress
is a crucial fact
this is going to get me farting
trying to cut down on the swearing where the potion
it was only one who's going to be really annoyed
this line itself
is a crucial fact a few liberal defenders associate chastity understand
jonathan alter set on the same thing that same type of thing
the program our premises hefty increases in benefits for future retirees
increases that are built in so securities firm i was just as with new
york's unsustainable medicaid rates
and these increases will be a major threat to other liberal priorities in
the years ahead
i'm not talking about the way benefits are hiking each year to keep up with
inflation up from their but had to confrim as a starting benefit levels to
slated to be enjoyed by future retirees are substantially higher than they are
the bottom line is it does not matter
what collision you're going to work out
okay it does not matter
we know
no matter what wyatt
what fact or figure you can bring out
benefits are going to be are going to be too generous
which is what he's arguing
was a real wrote
i'll take that point on its own in a second
but you can throw out there are ten thousand and uh... uh people retiring
everyday
benefits are more extensive than you think
uh... will we have uh... the
dismayed that the economy is not probably not the rate the you know where
day at the rate that for a traditional rate of growth and
we can expect it to stay at this rate forever
all of this has been working too
and calculated
in to the following
conclusion
by the soc kerti trustees
and i would add that this conclusion
is
the middle conclusion of both an optimistic
and a pessimistic conclusion
three economic models an a_b_ and c_ this is the brief conclusion
more often than not
the big conclusion has been
conservative and pessimistic
verbally conclusion is social security is fully funded until twenty
thirty-seven
following that
until twenty seventy five at a minimum
people get seventy five to eighty percent of promised benefits if we do
nothing
nothing
to complain
that the that social security
will be a threat to other liberal priorities in the years ahead
is a coupla chile shin
social
other liberal priorities
will be threatened because of tax cuts
to millionaires
because of defense spending
because of corporate giveaways
there is a long list of things i could give you that are going to be threats
too liberal priorities
and not the least of which would be matt miller
and people of his ilk who write this type of thing
the