Social Security and the Federal Deficit: Not cause and effect | Economic Policy Institute

Social Security and the Federal Deficit: Not cause and effect

(Updated August 9, 2010, The conventional wisdom in Washington is that an aging population will cause entitlement spending to balloon, driving our nation deeply into debt (see, for example, Brookings-Heritage Fiscal Seminar 2008, Peterson-Pew Commission 2009).

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