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personal accounts being in the context of an overall plan to create a permanently solvent Social Security system.
“What I’ve laid out here are details of the administrative structure of the personal accounts. The larger question of the comprehensive plan to fix Social Security permanently is really subject to the details of discussions between the President and members of Congress.”
Isn’t that curious? Once again, the administration spokesperson trotted out to promote the plan says it does nothing to.help the fiscal situation, but some other plan will need to be worked out with Congress. That can’t - be right, can it?
Why bring up this plan at all, if it isn’t even related to the problem we’re facing? It’s hard to believe this is the spokesperson, and not some critic.
Question: “Can you give us a second 10-year estimate on the revenue effect? Can you tell us how you would pay for that, in the first 10 years’ revenue loss?
“And am I right in assuming that in the way you describe this, because it’s a wash in terms of the net effect on Social Security from the accounts by themselves, that it would be fair to
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