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The Dwindling Pot Of Money That Could Plunge Seniors Into Poverty

The NPR Politics Podcast

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The Problem With Raising Taxes

Domenico Montanaro: Social security is a problem that has to be fixed. He says Republicans might have to confront the idea of raising payroll taxes, changing benefits or retirement age. This has happened before; it's not an avoidable one, Domenico says. The president and former speaker Tip O'Neill famously cut a deal over social security in the early 80s.

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