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The Hidden Price of Social Security

The American worker is never asked to consider the counterfactual.
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The Hidden Price of Social Security
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Athan Clark
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Imagine handing your landlord $300,000, living in his house for two years without ever making a rent payment, and then getting the full $300,000 back when you move out.

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Athan Clark
Athan Clark
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Athan Clark is a communications manager at the Georgia Public Policy Foundation with eight years of experience in media and communications. After earning his B.A. in English from Christendom College in 2018, Athan worked as a communications intern at the Cato Institute and through the Heritage Foundation’s Young Leaders Program. He is an alumnus of the State Policy Network’s Generation Liberty Fellowship. Athan also speaks Korean and has written on demographic issues in Korea.