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Social Security’s future is safe

  • Written by Christian Weller, Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston
Despite alarming news, retirees can still rely on their retirement nest eggs. Dan Kosmayer/Shutterstock.com

Social Security is the bedrock of Americans’ retirement income security. So you may have been concerned by the news that the federal government needed to dip into the Social Security’s trust fund to pay for the program this year.

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