Entitlement programs in the U.S. are extensive, costly, and projected to be financially unsustainable due to rising costs and demographic changes. No major entitlement program is expected to be solvent within 20 years, and the financial requirement to secure them for 75 years is nearly $40 trillion. Reforming these programs can be achieved without significant cuts or jeopardizing commitments to vulnerable populations.

1. ENTITLEMENTS
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2. TRUTHNo. 1:
Entitlement programs are huge, expensive, and
reach into every corner of American life.
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3. TRUTHNo. 2:
Entitlement programs are not self-funding and are a
main driver of deficits.
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4. TRUTHNo. 3:
Entitlement costs are growing at an alarming rate.
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5. TRUTHNo. 4:
Longer life expectancies, changing demographics,
and soaring costs explain why entitlements as we
know them today are unsustainable.
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6. TRUTHNo. 5:
Not a single major entitlement program is projected
to be financially solvent 20 years from now.
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7. TRUTHNo. 6:
The cost to make these programs financially solvent
for the next 75 years is almost $40 trillion.
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8. TRUTHNo. 7:
Mandatory spending, entitlement programs, and
interest on the debt are already squeezing out
important investments in other essential programs.
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9. TRUTHNo. 8:
We have nothing to fear from carefully crafted,
phased-in adjustments to our entitlement programs.
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10. TRUTHNo. 9:
We can reform entitlements without baseline cuts
and without breaking our commitment to the nation’s
seniors, people with disabilities, and the poor.
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11. TRUTHNo. 10:
The biggest threat imaginable to Medicare or
Social Security as we know them will be if we do
nothing at all.
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