02/11/2013
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"This means, if that cut were to go through, that the average benefit of approximately $13,980 a year for a disabled person would be cut by $2,600 to $11,324."
"So they would see a 20-percent or a 19-percent cut in their income."
"If income inequality remained at the same level today as it was in 1983, Social Security would have $1.1 trillion more than it does today because workers with higher income would have contributed more..."
"Today Social Security has a $2.8 trillion surplus and can pay out every benefit owed to every eligible American for the next 18 years."