The fine print in the President's Social Security proposal is that all present and future workers under age 55 will have their promised retirement benefits cut. (Mark Dayton)

The fine print in the President's Social Security proposal is that all present and future workers under age 55 will have their promised retirement benefits cut.

Mark Dayton

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