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发帖数: 29846 | 1 WASHINGTON – New congressional projections show Social Security running
permanent annual deficits unless lawmakers act to shore up the massive
retirement and disability program.
The Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday that Social Security will pay
out $45 billion more in benefits this year than it will collect in payroll
taxes, further straining the nation's finances. The deficits will continue
until the Social Security trust funds are eventually drained, in about 2037.
Previously, CBO said Social Security would start running permanent deficits
in 2016. In the short term, Social Security is suffering from a weak economy
that has payroll taxes lagging and applications for benefits rising. In the
long term, Social Security will be strained by the growing number of baby
boomers retiring and applying for benefits. |
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