Social Security Shortfall versus Taxing the Rich

A recent report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, DC included the following graph, which has become quite the splash:

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Source: Ruffing, R & Van de Water, Paul N (2010, August 13), What the 2010 Trustees’ Report Shows about Social Security, Washington, DC: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.