The April edition of the AARP Bulletin features an article entitled "Dispatches from the Battle of the Ages." The general "gist" of this piece infers that us old folks are ripping off the younger generation and then makes an outrageous claim "Social Security and Medicare gobbled up 38% of the federal budget in fiscal year 2012." One has to wonder where Mr. Tom Dunkel (the author of this piece of fiction) got his information? To set the record straight, here are some facts taken directly from the annual report to Congress regarding Social Security and Medicare:
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