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Dissecting a GOP Senator's Misleading Social Security Attack
Analysis December 04, 2024 at 02:05 PM
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What You Need To Know
- Sen. Mike Lee of Utah took to X this week to lambast Social Security.
- Lee likened the social insurance program to a Ponzi scheme set up to cheat American workers.
- The thread, amplified by Elon Musk, paints a distorted picture of how Social Security, and the government's borrowing from it, really works.
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