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purplezooey
on Feb 6, 2018
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Dow plunges 1000 points
Future generations will have to pay for the deficit in SS and Medicare shortfalls, so voters today don't care.
ec109685
on Feb 6, 2018
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What happens if they don’t pay? Will the federal government go bankrupt? How much debt is too much and why?
dragonwriter
on Feb 6, 2018
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> What happens if they don’t pay?
Workers today relying on those programs in retirement will find them reduced or eliminated.
ec109685
on Feb 8, 2018
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Couldn’t you have said the same thing 20 years ago?
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