Even without reforms, the Social Security fund will be able to meet 100 percent of its obligations until 2042.
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- Author's profession: Politician
- Nationality: american
- Born: December 4, 1936
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It has occurred to me, brother, that wisdom may not be the end to everything. Goodness and kindness are, perhaps, beyond wisdom. Is it not possible that the ultimate end is music and gaiety and a dance of joy? Wisdom is the oldest of all things. Wisdom is all head and no heart. Behold, brother, you are being crushed under the weight of your head. You are dying of old age while you are yet a child.
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