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For five consecutive years, the Democratic Party has voted against expanding Social Security benefits, a decision rooted in fiscal caution but now revealing deeper tensions between ideology and demographic inevitability. While the narrative often centers on partisan gridlock, the reality is more complex: this resistance stems not from ideological purity, but from a confluence of demographic inertia, actuarial realities, and an evolving fiscal architecture that demands hard choices no longer deferred.

What’s at stake is not just numbers, but trust.Behind the political inertia lies a deeper institutional inertia.Five years of inaction is not neutralβ€”it’s a choice.

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