SOLVENT SECURITY.

"Social Security and Science", by Naomi Oreskes [Observatory], asserts that "Social Security isn't a drain on the federal budget; it pays for itself through a dedicated payroll tax." Social Security tax receipts are already less than payments. As Polizzi notes, the looming shortfall could be fixed with a small change in the wage base - the level at which workers stop paying Social Security tax on their income. [Extracted from the article]

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