Workers have been paying higher social security taxes than necessary for 30 years. In 1983,

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43. Well, maybe take a lesson from how the Republicans spread around their propaganda. They

set up Think Tanks eg who constantly wrote 'thoughtful' articles pushing the lies about SS.

Why don't Democrats have Think Tanks?

We could ask organizations like Moveon who are now joining the Unions and several other Progressive organizations and SS advocacy Groups, to launch a campaign of ads in major News media explaining how SS is a separate fund from the Fed Govt. How the Govt borrowed from the fund, making the American People creditors of the Fed Govt like China eg.

We do not blame China for contributing to the deficit because they didn't. The Fed Govt borrows from other creditors and we the American People are just one of their creditors. Creditors do not cause people to get to the point where they need to borrow to pay for things like Wars and Tax Cuts for the Wealthy. They do loan money which has to be paid back when someone asks them if that someone is trustworthy enough to be sure they will pay it back. So far, the US Govt has been able to borrow, but if they default on the American People, that will be the end of them borrowing from anyone else.

And SS/The American People's Fund, China, Japan are all creditors of the US Govt, but none of them created the deficit. Unnecessary wars and tax cuts for the wealthy added to the deficit because we really couldn't afford them and borrowed to be able to do so.