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The 2004 Report of the Social Security Trustees is in; but the jury is still out ýarguing the findings of the report. Agree or not, the masses have a good idea of ýthe final ruling and they all agree that the current state of the social security ýsystem has suffered, for a very long time, from an ongoing deficit problem that ýwill continue to grow unless immediate steps are taken to address the problem. ýPeople, on both sides of the fence, argue in support or against the president's ýproposed plan to save the Social Security system. Yet, they all concede and ýacknowledge that in reality a problem does exist; and unless calculated ýmeasures are taken, this problem cannot be controlled and will snow ball the ýSocial Security System into bankruptcy.ý
The Social Security system was designed in 1935 for a world that is very ýdifferent from today. In 1935, most women did not work outside the home. Today, ýabout 60% of women work outside the home. In 1935, the average American......

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