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Brenton Smith: Return Social Security to its roots to fix it

The Congressional Budget Office recently published its annual predictions for Social Security. No surprise, it found the cherished program will go broke in a fe...

Tom Temin@tteminWFED

January 13, 2017 10:49 am

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Brenton Smith, founder, Fix Social Security Now

The Congressional Budget Office recently published its annual predictions for Social Security. No surprise, it found the cherished program will go broke in a few years, unless Congress changes the rules or raises taxes. Brenton Smith, founder of an organization called Fix Social Security Now, isn't so sure. He's been studying the program for years and joins Federal Drive with Tom Temin with some ideas.