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age, according to a Social Security spokesman.
With the continued increase in the Social Security trust funds, many people ask why this surplus is not used to raise Social Security benefits. “To consider the increase a surplus is a misconception, since the amount in the trust funds is not above what is needed, but merely a reserve to meet the financial commitment to workers in the next century, when today’s young workers will become eligible for Social Security benefits,” the spokesman explained.
During 1989, about 130 million
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