Bush Cabinet Members Discuss Social Security And Medicare Reports
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (R) takes the stage followed by Labor Secretary Elaine Chao (L) and Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue for a news conference about Social Security Medicare Trustees Reports at the Treasury Department March 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. According to the report, if left unchanged, Social Security will only be able to pay 78% of benefits to future retirees if the federal government does not begin to pay back what it owes the trust fund in 2017.
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