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Alan Simpson: I feel that the Social Security System is going to go broke, whether you have it on budget, off budget, hanging from…

On the recordApril 24, 1996
I feel that the Social Security System is going to go broke, whether you have it on budget, off budget, hanging from space or coming out of the Earth. It is going to go broke in the year 2029. It is going to start its huge swan song in 2012, and the reason we know that is because the trustees of the system are telling us that.
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Alan Simpson
Wyoming

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Discussing concerns about the future of Social Security during Senate debate.

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