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  Tuesday  July 31  2001    09: 04 AM

U.S. will borrow to pay those tax rebates; Social Security may be tapped
By JONATHAN FUERBRINGER
THE NEW YORK TIMES

The Treasury said yesterday that it will borrow the money needed for the tax rebates that are now going to U.S. taxpayers as part of President Bush's $1.35 billion tax cut.

And dipping into Social Security money may be next.
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Instead of paying down $57 billion in debt, as the Treasury expected on April 30, the Treasury now plans to borrow $51 billion. "The change in borrowing reflects a number of factors, most significantly the shift in the September 15 corporate tax due date to October 1 and the need to finance in this quarter the tax rebates," the Treasury said in a statement.