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Rand Paul: Advocates for the Disabled Should Help Brainstorm Ways to Cut Social Security Spending
Every election cycle, candidates who want to burnish their fiscal hawk credentials warn that entitlements are going to run out of money. This election cycle is different: The Social Security disability trust fund really is in danger of running low before it’s over. According to Social Security’s actuary, if nothing is done by late 2016, the fund that paid $141 billion to disability beneficiaries will be able to meet just 81 percent of its obligations. Read more…
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