Will You Get Your Social Security Check if the U.S. Defaults?

Will You Get Your Social Security Check if the U.S. Defaults?

ReutersBy Mark Miller | Reuters

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/column-social-security-check-u-165329775.html

CHICAGO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama warned last week that Social Security benefits might not go out "on time" if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling.

Should seniors and disabled American really be worried about their benefits if the U.S. government runs out of borrowing capacity later this month?

The answer is yes - but only if the Obama administration insists on making Social Security a pawn in the debt ceiling battle. And that's a move it has no business making.

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Gwendolyn S. King is a founding partner at the Directors' Council, and was a commissioner for the Social Security Administration.