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Article: Fixing the system before it goes broke Changes needed if Social Security benefits are to be paid at current rate; AARP on Social Security reform Series: Social Security The Looming Crisis, Second of two parts
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- November 4, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright 1996 The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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If Social Security disappeared, Al and Loretta Dunst would be in
desperate shape. Both are 86, and their only income is the
approximately $1,000 a month he collects in Social Security, the
fruit of 47 years as a chauffeur for Milwaukee's rich and famous.
"I don't worry about Social Security," he said one day recently
at the Shorewood Senior Center. "It will be there as long as I need
it. I am worried for my great grandchildren."
If Social Security disappeared, Dija Selimi might see more money
in her pocket. At 25, she is a full-time student at the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a part-time clerk in a grocery store.
"Social Security definitely won't be there when I need it," she