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The Social Security trust fund is sound. Without anything being done, it would function well into 2038; and even after that time with no changes, we could pay 80 percent of the benefits that people have earned.
Marcy Kaptur · A floor speech in the U.S. House of Representatives · April 11, 2013
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- Rep. Marcy Kaptur says Social Security trust fund is sound into future · PolitiFact · 2013-05-15 · accessed 2026-09-25
- The 2012 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal OASI and DI Trust Funds, section II.A, Highlights · Social Security Administration, Office of the Chief Actuary · 2012-04-23 · accessed 2026-10-15
- The 2012 Long-Term Projections for Social Security: Additional Information · Congressional Budget Office · 2012-10-02 · accessed 2026-10-16
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