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To: Fiscally Conservative who wrote (1501417)	11/13/2024 5:04:20 PM
From: Fiscally Conservative	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570746

Dive Deeper into the Debt For more information about the national debt, please explore more of Fiscal Data and check out the extensive resources listed below. The most recent U.S. Government Financial Report fiscaldata.treasury.gov America’s Fiscal Future: Federal Debt gao.gov The Debt Ceiling: An Explainer whitehouse.gov Federal Borrowing and Debt whitehouse.gov Federal Net Interest Costs: A Primer cbo.gov Is the Federal Reserve Printing Money in Order to Buy Treasury Securities? federalreserve.gov Options for Reducing Deficit cbo.gov Treasury Bulletin fiscal.treasury.gov USAspending usaspending.gov

To: Fiscally Conservative who wrote (1501417)	11/13/2024 6:17:21 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570746

FC, Please show me your data Whoops, my bad. The 25% shortfall is from a 2035 projection: ***** ssa.gov The concepts of solvency, sustainability, and budget impact are common in discussions of Social Security, but are not well understood. Currently, the Social Security Board of Trustees projects program cost to rise by 2035 so that taxes will be enough to pay for only 75 percent of scheduled benefits. This increase in cost results from population aging, not because we are living longer, but because birth rates dropped from three to two children per woman. Importantly, this shortfall is basically stable after 2035; adjustments to taxes or benefits that offset the effects of the lower birth rate may restore solvency for the Social Security program on a sustainable basis for the foreseeable future. Finally, as Treasury debt securities (trust fund assets) are redeemed in the future, they will just be replaced with public debt. If trust fund assets are exhausted without reform, benefits will necessarily be lowered with no effect on budget deficits. ***** Still, the SS "trust fund" is set to run out in 2035, which means SS is currently upside down in terms of its funding. That was my original point, that SS isn't fully funding itself. It is only partially funding itself, and that gap will only continue to grow without drastic changes. Tenchusatsu