Social Security's Cloudy Future
Linda E. Demkovich, in Na-
Cloudy Future tional Journal (June 23, 1984), 1730 M St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
Nobody in Washington wants to admit it before the November elec- tions, but public officials of both political parties who are looking for ways to reduce federal budget deficits are contemplating cuts next year in that most sacred of federal programs, Social Security.
The retirement program itself seems assured of solvency for the fore- seeable future, thanks to the $165-billion...