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"Political" Viewpoints on the Social Security Insolvency Dilemma
As the 2026 midterm election process grinds steadily toward a close, various comments continue to surface on Social Security’s future. In a recent Denton (Texas) Records-Chronicle post, for example, Senate candidate Ken Paxton refuted previously reports that he was advocating Social Security cuts, while former Social Security Commissioner Martin O’Malley challenged SSA staffing cuts and their impact on field services. O’Malley also commented on the insolvency crisis facing Social Security’s 2032 revenue shortfall, noting that “… the surplus Congress had allowed the program to build up in anticipation of the retirement of the baby boomers did not last as long as expected when lawmakers last overhauled the program in 1983.”
Read the Records-Chronicle post in full here.
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