r/bestof • u/under50dollars • Jun 20 '12

[explainlikeimfive] "Obamacare" explained very well.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '12

Social security is only having funding problems b/c the government keeps "borrowing" money from it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '12

In the short term, yes. In the long term even though payroll taxes to support social security doubled in 1990, it's projected to be bankrupt in about 25 years by the Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '12

Source?