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07.21.23 Clark Answers His Critics on Clark Stinks / CPR: Taking The Plunge

The Clark Howard Podcast

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The Problem With Medicare and Social Security

Clark: Social Security and Medicare are not entitlements. If the government had properly cared for workers' contributions, there would have been more than enough money to meet the needs of seniors. The problem is we're an aging population with a smaller and smaller number of people paying in for each person who's retiring or receiving Social Security/Medicare. We have a demographic time bomb that kind of painted us into this corner," Clark says.

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