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The projected shortfall over the whole 75-year planning period is 0.4 percent of GDP, approximately 30 percent of the current cost of the war in Iraq (which has been supported from the beginning by the Post). Even this limited shortfall can be substantially reduced by good policies in other areas. If the healthcare system is fixed so that the share of compensation going to untaxed employer-provided health insurance does not continually rise, it would reduce the projected shortfall by 10 percent. If we adopted trade policies designed to promote equality instead of inequality (freeing trade in highly paid professional services), it could reduce the shortfall by close to 50 percent.... When it comes to Social Security, Senator Clinton would be well-advised to focus on real numbers and real issues, and not the whining of the folks at the Washington Post editorial board, who obviously have a deep-seated hostility to the program.