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Should America cut Social Security? Here’s why this support system remains critical even now

Should America cut Social Security? Here’s why this support system remains critical even now

Should America cut Social Security? Here’s why this support system remains critical even now


Social Security [or the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance programme, as it is officially known] was meant to be insurance against poverty, they say, not the sole source of income for middle-class retirement. The programme needs to institute benefit caps, means testing, or even a flat benefit structure to remain viable.