Jeff Merkley actually said...

"About roughly 20 years before the trust fund itself is depleted."

"I think that is very important because at the heart of this is an issue of fairness."

"So we are looking at another set of decisions, and right now we are on a course to have a significant drop in defense and non-defense discretionary programs."

"the argument is often made that Social Security, the premiums go into the trust fund, the trust fund lends money out to earn a modest return, comes back, and they proceed to disburse it when folks bec..."