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Dick Durbin: Just six years from now, Social Security will only be able to pay 78 percent of current benefits. What does that mean? ……

On the recordJune 13, 2026
Just six years from now, Social Security will only be able to pay 78 percent of current benefits. What does that mean? … It means that beneficiaries across our nation will see their benefit checks cut by 22 percent.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin warns about future Social Security cuts.

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