Social Security is projected to run permanent cash deficits between now and 2033, totaling $2.7 trillion (in 2012 dollars), when the trust fund will be exhausted
June 01, 2011
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SOURCE: Data from the Social Security Administration, The 2012 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance and Federal Disability Insurance Trust Funds, using intermediate assumptions. Compiled by PGPF.

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