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In reply to the discussion: A Secret Plan to Close Social Security's Offices and Outsource Its Work [View all]truedelphi
(32,324 posts)72. Besides which, the Social Security Fund has a 2.1 + trillion dollar
Surplus. Although the checks sent to individual participants are handled by the US General Fund, the money is money that we employees and our employers have paid into the system.
Although many of us suspect that Congress saw to it that this Fund's money got "loaned out" for various purposes (wars, Bailouts, etc)
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A Secret Plan to Close Social Security's Offices and Outsource Its Work [View all]
eridani
Jun 2014
OP
Is this a draft for a bill? Or is there a bill number to call my representative about?
freshwest
Jun 2014
#16
Just like I didn't think courtesy was new, I don't know if incompetence is new, either.
merrily
Jun 2014
#51
Don't think it's a secret plan. I signed petitions and wrote letters to my
sinkingfeeling
Jun 2014
#19