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Absent the huge deficits

Run up by 3 Republican administrations in power for a total of 20 years - well, Reagan, Bush and Bush

absent that level of irresponsibility, SS would be just fine.

In the meantime, we get the great risk shift in terms of retirement security and health care security, from the larger social groups to the individuals.

This is the core of the modern Republican plan - to reverse all the New Deal programs to the greatest extent possible.