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Hear Me Out:  It’s Time To Sunset Social Security

Hear Me Out: It’s Time To Sunset Social Security

It’s a transfer of wealth, and not to the people who need it.

Slate Debates

November 14, 202346m 4s

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Show Notes

On today’s episode of Hear Me Out… solving the insolvent.


With the threat of a government shutdown looming (again), there are a lot of key programs and initiatives proving contentious for lawmakers. But nobody seems to ever flirt with the idea of cutting – or ending altogether – social security, And maybe it’s time to do just that. 


Eric Boehm of Reason Magazine joins us to argue for the end… even the beginning of the end… for social security.



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Podcast production by Maura Currie


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