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What If Fixing Social Security Isn’t Political Suicide?

Everyone knows that Social Security is the “third rail” of American politics: touch it, and you die. This may as well be etched in stone. There’s no debate over whether or not the federal retirement program is headed towards insolvency — th

Republican Ledger staff · 7:46 AM ET

What If Fixing Social Security Isn’t Political Suicide?
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Everyone knows that Social Security is the “third rail” of American politics: touch it, and you die. This may as well be etched in stone.

There’s no debate over whether or not the federal retirement program is headed towards insolvency — that’s inevitable. In fact, there’s no debate over the program at all.

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