Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Truth About Social Security and Medicare

There are so many misleading statements about Social Security and Medicare, it's sometimes easy to lose sight of some fundamental facts--funding Social Security and Medicare has nothing whatsoever to do with the budget deficit. They are funded separately from all the rest of government spending by dedicated payroll taxes. Now under the guise of reducing the deficit, the Republicans want to gut Medicare. Stephen Suh has more.

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