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While the analysis may be unfamiliar to many Americans, the meaning of the results is straightforward. Total household wealth in the United States was $40.2 trillion in 2002. The combined Social Security and Medicare shortfall is nearly $18 trillion. This means that the federal government would have to confiscate almost half of all household wealth to have the resources necessary to close both these programs’ future financing gaps.

Of course, it is not necessary to pre-fund promised Social Security and Medicare benefits immediately. In theory, the Congress could enact a 7.1 percent permanent increase in the payroll tax to close the combined shortfalls over time. This would mean a permanent payroll tax increase to a rate of 22.4 percent, amounting to about $3,000 in additional taxes every year for an average family. A tax increase of this magnitude is unthinkable. It would devastate the economy, job growth, and family finances, but it does serve to indicate the magnitude of the problem we would be leaving to future generations if we fail to act.

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