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Sources
- http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/fed_prog/aboutsocial-security/
aboutsocial-security.htm - http://apmp.berkeley.edu/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=162
- http://www.cepr.net/publications/facts_social_security.htm
- http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/07/bush.radio.ap/index.html
- http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/05/20/social.security.ap/index.html
- http://www.socialsecurity.gov/history/briefhistory3.html
- http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/handbook/ssa-hbk.htm
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