(Archived document, may contain errors) 249 February 25, 1983 FOR $188 BILLION O NLY A BAND-AID FOR SOCIAL SECURITY INTRODUCTION The Social Security system is in serious trouble. It is losing $20,000 a minute and, without corrective action, will be unable to meet its benefit obligations by July 19 83. But instead of offering a way to revitalize the ailing program, the National Commission on Social Security Reform has prescribed a bigger dose of the same medicine that has weakened the system for decades..