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Senate Finance Committee wrestles with how to sustain Social Security benefits

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing yesterday on how to prevent deep cuts to Social Security benefits in a few years. The math is simple but the politics are not.

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Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent.