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Senators Cassidy and Kaine have proposed borrowing $1.5 trillion to seed a separate Social Security investment fund, a structure that Boston College's Center for Retirement Research found fails to fully repay its own borrowing in roughly two-thirds of scenarios under realistic return assumptions across 10,000 simulations.

reported by one outlet so far · Reported fact · first recorded Jul 27, 1:30 PM

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Washington ExaminerRight · Jul 27, 1:01 PM

Cassidy and Tim Kaine have proposed borrowing $1.5 trillion to seed a separate investment fund

Details: $1.5 trillion; Cassidy; Tim Kaine

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Washington ExaminerRight · Jul 27, 1:01 PM

Boston College's Center for Retirement Research ran 10,000 simulations of the Cassidy-Kaine structure

Cites: Boston College Center for Retirement Research · Details: 10,000 simulations

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Washington ExaminerRight · Jul 27, 1:01 PM

The Cassidy-Kaine structure fails to fully repay its own borrowing in roughly two-thirds of scenarios under realistic return assumptions

Cites: Boston College Center for Retirement Research · Details: two-thirds of scenarios

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