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Social Insecurity Counter
Cost of Inaction on Social Security Reform:
$600 Billion A Year
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$322,191,660 |
The Cost of Inaction Charged to: |
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With every moment that Congress waits to fix Social Security, the price tag on reform increases, and the financial burden for the American people continues to skyrocket. With the cost of inaction set at $600 billion a year-more than $2,000 per American--- [2004 OASDI Trustees Report], that wasted money could be spent on better things.
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What Could the Government Fund with $600 Billion?
- Pay for No Child Left Behind in 34 days.
- Fund the Medicare program in 207 days.
- Fund the Pell Grant Program in 9 days.
- Fund Troops to Teachers in 10 minutes.
- Pay for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program in 30 days.
- Fund Safe and Drug Free schools state grants in 5 hours.
- Fully fund the State Children's Health Insurance Program in 24 days.
- Pay for the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in 9 days.
- Fund Head Start in 4 days.
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What Could Americans Pay For with An Extra $2,000?
- 16 gallons of gas per week for a year.
- A state-of-the-art laptop computer.
- One year's supply of coffee-house coffee.
- 40 pairs of jeans.
- A 42" flat-panel plasma television.
- 10.5 gallons of milk per week for a year (550 gallons of milk).
- 50 months of cell phone service, each month with 450 minutes of usage.
- 222 movie tickets.
- 45 copies of all six Harry Potter books.
- 689 fast food hamburgers.
- 632 toothbrushes.
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It's bad enough that the American people are being forced to watch their retirement future be compromised by partisan bickering and political posturing-they shouldn't have to pay for it, too.
Fix Social Security Now.
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