The effort to try to present the Social Security program as if it's a major problem, that's just a hidden way of trying to undermine and destroy it.
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Social Security is an extremely complicated program.
Social Security is not just another government spending program. It is a promise from generation to generation.
I think it's very important not to confuse the importance of dealing with Social Security in the long term with these short-term deficit reduction challenges. They're different issues.
Social Security is a plan that actually was designed in a much different time, in a different era, and with a different set of American demographics in mind.
We must level with the people and explain to them that Social Security will first face funding problems in 2042 that can be fixed now with changes that do not undermine and ultimately drain from the entire program.
It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.
But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations.
The reason to deal with Social Security is that it is a system where we have a tradition and history of making sure it is solidly funded for 75 years. At the moment, we look out and we see it is solidly funded until 2037.
Social Security, a critically important, great program which does serve as the cornerstone of support for senior citizens, now faces challenges that threaten its long-term stability and well-being. The facts are there. The facts are crystal clear.
What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
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