Job losses, early retirements taking toll
Applications for benefits to force Social Security to pay out more than it collects
Posted: September 28, 2009 at 4:49 a.m.
Big job losses and a spike in early retirement claims from laid-off senior citizens will force Social Security to pay out more in benefits than it collects in taxes the next two years, the first time that's happened since the 1980s.
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