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Social Security Reform: The Use of Private Securities and the Need for Economic Growth 1 (January 2003)

handle is hein.congrec/cbo10165 and id is 1 raw text is: A series ofissue summaries from
the Congressional Budget Office
NO. 7, JANUARY3, 2003
Social Security Reform: The Use of Private Securities
and the Need for Economic Growth

The Underlying Debate About
Reforming Social Security
The Social Security system is a collective one. Each worker's
Social Security taxes are not put aside to pay his or her
eventual benefits; instead, they are used to finance the system

in general, largely for current retirees. As with other federal
levies, Social Security tax receipts go into the U.S. Treasury,
and any portion not needed to pay current beneficiaries is used
to finance the government's other functions or to reduce its
debt. The Social Security trust funds are given credit for the

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