Battle Ahead Over Social Security Report

Battle Ahead Over Social Security Report

By Martin Crutsinger
The Associated Press
Wednesday, March 23, 2005; 7:53 AM

Both sides in the pitched battle over Social Security are getting ready to argue over a whole new set of numbers - the annual assessment of when Social Security and Medicare will go broke.

Even before the report was released Wednesday, critics complained that the administration might try to fudge the numbers.