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Social Security Update: Top Republican Warns of Double-Digit Benefit Cuts

Senator Chuck Grassley said the Social Security retirement trust fund is projected to be depleted in 2032.

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Planet Money : NPRVery soon, Social Security may not have enough money to make full payments to retirees. Very soon. Like by 2032, just six years from now. So what are we gonna do about it? Today on the show, we look at some of the most talked about possible solutions; and exactly whose wallets we’ll have to rifle through to find the money to pay for each. Then we’ll run…

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