Social Security 90 Years: The Plan Is Quarters and a Rock

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1. Hank LedgerThose were hard stories to hear. On a different subject, Social Security's commissioner said today the program will last another ninety years.

2. Hank LedgerThat is the new part since today's report on the raise. The trust fund still faces a major shortfall within the next decade.

3. Hank LedgerJoining us is coach Tamsin Okonkwo-Reyes.

4. Tamsin Okonkwo-ReyesThank you, Hank. I'm so pleased, because ninety years is a manifestation, and the universe has already cleared it, along with my parking spot.

5. Hank LedgerSo is that a plan, or a feeling? The shortfall is in the numbers, and the numbers arrive within ten years.

6. Tamsin Okonkwo-ReyesNumbers are just fear in a tuxedo. When the commissioner speaks ninety years aloud, the universe has already cleared it, plus my dental cleaning.

7. Hank LedgerYour dental cleaning.

8. Tamsin Okonkwo-ReyesFully cleared. I hold my rose quartz when I say it. I call her the treasurer.

9. Hank LedgerBut the treasurer is a rock. Let me ask you again: where does the money come from if the shortfall is real?

10. Tamsin Okonkwo-ReyesFrom abundance. I don't look at my own balance, Hank. The universe has already cleared my retirement, my taxes, and my neighbor's fence.

11. Hank LedgerSo what are you retiring on, specifically? I am asking for a number, not a mood.

12. Tamsin Okonkwo-ReyesA very full jar of coins, mostly quarters, and the treasurer stands guard. It's a journey.

13. Hank LedgerThat is the ninety-year plan, then: quarters and a rock. Treasurer, do you have a comment on the shortfall?

14. Tamsin Okonkwo-ReyesShe's already withdrawn.