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Social Security and the 2020 Election
With the 2020 elections already causing a media stir as potential candidates announce they’re running, you might wonder which issues will take front and center stage when the campaigns go into full swing. Surely immigration, the economy and the bulging national debt will be hot topics in the debates, but one topic which should be discussed and probably won’t be is Social Security. This program so crucial to tens of millions of America seniors, while not going bankrupt, has some serious financial issues which must be addressed soon to avoid cutting future benefits, So why won’t it be a hot topic during the elections? Because no matter which of the proposed solutions are eventually chosen to fix the programs finances some group of voters will need to lose - and that’s a lightning rod no candidate will likely want to touch, In this article by Sean Williams appearing in the Helena, MT Independent Record, the author opines about what role Social Security will play in the 2020 elections.
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Click here to read the article in the Independent Record.
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