The New York Times continues its crusade to cut and/or privatize Social Security by again referring to efforts to restore the long-term solvency of the program. Since the program already has long-term solvency (through the year 2046, according to the Congressional Budget Office), this is a phony problem.
Of course it's fine that people want to restructure the program, but it is simply not true that there is any need to do so over any reasonable time horizon. It would be nice if the Times reporters could be a bit more honest in their discussion of the topic.
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