Defaulting on the Social Security Trust Fund: What It Would Mean, and How It Would Be Done
Defaulting on the Social Security Trust Fund: What It Would Mean, and How It Would Be Done |
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Some policymakers have asserted that the Social Security program will begin to face serious problems in 2018. This paper shows that the date would only pose a problem if the U.S. government were to default on the bonds held by the Social Security trust fund. |
