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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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Checked against Two federal projections in force on the day of the speech disagree: the 2012 Social Security Trustees Report projects the combined trust funds exhausted in 2033 and the retirement (OASI) fund alone in 2035, while the Congressional Budget Office's 2012 long-term projections (Oct. 2, 2012) put the retirement fund's exhaustion in 2038, the year she named; "sound" is a judgment neither report makes.

The records: The 2012 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees of the Federal OASI and DI Trust Funds, section II.A, Highlights · The 2012 Long-Term Projections for Social Security: Additional Information

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  1. Rep. Marcy Kaptur says Social Security trust fund is sound into future · PolitiFact · 2013-05-15 · accessed 2026-09-25
  2. 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
  3. The 2012 Long-Term Projections for Social Security: Additional Information · Congressional Budget Office · 2012-10-02 · accessed 2026-10-16

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