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THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE.(proof that social security trust fund exists)(includes related article)
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Senator Phil Gramm recently stated that there was no such thing as the social security trust fund, but the Ways and Means Committee chairman stressed that there is indeed a trust fund, and it is invested in Treasury securities. Journalists traveled to Parkersburg, West Virginia, where records of the trust fund reside to collect proof of its existence.
We went in search of the social security trust fund and found it in a small town in West Virginia. Trust us.
Truth or illusion?
--Edward Albee
At the end of 1998, the social security trust fund held $662 billion.
--The ...
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