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Old 12-29-2020, 10:11 AM
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Not really. The SS trust fund is about $2.9B (funds collected in excess of benefits paid plus earnings) and the national debt is about $23B. That is about 12%.

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Originally Posted by DAVES View Post
I read a while ago that social security holds 40% of the national debt.