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Guest Blogger
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Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Social Security is popular because it is a social insurance program that over 58 million Americans depend on to make ends meet.
By
Samantha Dana
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Mattea Kramer
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Health Care,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
There aren’t many things that 90 percent of Americans agree on, but there are at least two.
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Jo Comerford
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Budget Process,
Health Care,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Nearly every American is intimately connected with the earned benefits Social Security and Medicare – first as a contributor then as a recipient. Nearly 90% of us indicated that we’re in favor of taking strong measures to preserve the long-term stability of both programs.
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Mattea Kramer
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Debt & Deficit,
Social Insurance, Earned Benefits, & Safety Net
Paul from Northampton, Mass., wrote in to ask: "Some politicians say Social Security in no way contributes to the deficit. But for the last two years Social Security expenditures have exceeded Social Security revenues. How does this not contribute to the deficit?" Good question, Paul.