Richard Shelby actually said...

The increase will accelerate the exhaustion of the SSDI reserves by 2018, and was recently described by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) as 'not financially sustainable.'

Context

Discusses the unsustainable growth of SSDI beneficiaries and its financial implications.

03/08/2011

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