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Short videos with a punchy, comedic tone and entertaining Socratic characters taking on trending issues and important concepts from a classical liberal perspective, written & animated by Seamus Coughlin.

Social Security Is Doomed. DOOOOOMED!

May 25, 2021

On this episode of Common Sense Soapbox, CEO Penguin portals from THE FUTURE to warn Bob of the impending social security crisis. Bob is alarmed that he’ll be unable to rely on social security for his retirement as Seamus shares some concerning facts and statistics on the money drying up.


CREDITS:
Written by Seamus Coughlin and Sean W. Malone
Research & Support from Tyler Brandt, Matt Hampton, and Phil Magness
Animated by Seamus Coughlin
Produced & Edited by Sean W. Malone


LINKS:

https://www.mercatus.org/publications/social-security/how-many-workers-support-one-social-security-retiree

https://www.cbpp.org/research/social-security/top-ten-facts-about-social-security

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobcarlson/2020/10/24/social-security-trust-fund-expected-to-run-dry-three-years-earlier-than-estimated-a-few-months-ago/?sh=439a0762d3d5

https://www.ipi.org/ipi_issues/detail/did-the-trump-tax-cuts-work

https://fee.org/articles/its-long-past-time-to-cut-corporate-tax-rates/

https://www.cato.org/blog/corporate-tax-rates-revenues-britain


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