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In reply to the discussion: Social Security and the life expectancy meme: the age of SS cutting is upon us again. [View all]DENVERPOPS
(9,123 posts)That Al Gore, a person who was educated and politically experienced, would talk about putting it in a LockBox if it were already being held in the equivalent of the lockbox.......
I am sure that there is not a single Dem or Repub in the House or Senate that would want it disclosed that they borrowed from SSI over the decades
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There is not any politician that would be able to resist such a humongous chunk of money just sitting around waiting for the future when they would be gone from office...........And they sure as hell wouldn't want to talk about what a huge financial liability they incurred, because then that would blow the living shit out of any future tax cuts until the amount was repaid. And most certainly tax increases to the Rich and Corporations.......... And no Dem or Repub politician would be safe from the outrage of SSI recipients who have been screwed or who are currently being screwed.....
A friend did a study of civilized countries and their Gov't retirements when he was in college econ class. He said that most had a monthly benefit of roughly twice what was provided in the U.S. by SSI (But also stated that didn't apply to Russia, China, or any tyrant controlled country.) And that those countries also had Health Care provided by regular taxes through out their lives, so their retired didn't need to be paying anything in addition for their medical care or meds.