第三个最严重的问题就是要把美国政府的普通资金预算置于稳定雄厚的基础上，那么不属于社会保障体制范围内的政府部门在大约2020年不能再向社会保障信用基金借钱的规定时间到来以后能够做到自给自足。
The third most serious problem is to put the US government’s General Fund budget on a sustainable basis, so that the non-Social Security government can finance itself and meet its commitments after the date – around 2020 – when it can no longer borrow from the Social Security Trust Fund.