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“When Is A Reported Surplus
Actually a Deficit?”
The real Social Security crisis is actually a federal government debt and budget crisis.
Since the mid-1980’s, the Social Security Trust Fund has been accumulating due to surpluses in Social Security
(taxes > benefits paid).
These Social Security surpluses (the trust fund) have been used to help fund other government spending and reduce the amount of other government borrowing.