Presidential candidates can’t ignore Social Security
Exhaustion of disability trust fund in 2016 should force discussion of long-term financing issues.
The clock is ticking for the Social Security Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Unless Congress intervenes, the trust fund will run dry in late 2016 — just about the time Americans will be electing a new president.
Without action, the 11 million people with disabilities who rely on Social Security w
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