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TheWraith

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1. What "funds that have been stolen"?

Reply to liberal N proud (Original post)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 02:27 PM

Apr 2012

You do know there's a difference between stealing money and investing it, right? The US bonds that the Social Security Trust Fund is invested in make it MORE solvent, not less, by providing a constant influx of interest on the cash reserve.

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In continued fear-mongering, the new claim is the Social Security to run dry by 2033 [View all] liberal N proud Apr 2012 OP

What "funds that have been stolen"? TheWraith Apr 2012 #1

They have called it Borrowing from the trust fund liberal N proud Apr 2012 #3

That is nonsense, which completely fails to understand the nature of US bonds. TheWraith Apr 2012 #5

Thank you for a breath of sanity. I get so sick of the BS about coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #7

STOP THE DAMN WARS (INCLUDING THE RAYgun ESCALATED DRUG WAR!) supraTruth Apr 2012 #12

"run out of money" = lie. & the main reasons for the change in the forecast = obama's tax "holiday" HiPointDem Apr 2012 #2

It has nothing to do with the payroll tax. TheWraith Apr 2012 #6

the money it takes in re the payroll tax holiday = buyback of TF securities = depletion of TF in HiPointDem Apr 2012 #9

Benefits would have to be cut in 2033 cthulu2016 Apr 2012 #4

I am nor worried about it. RebelOne Apr 2012 #8

& how about ALL of the $ owed to it from the General Fund AND the INTEREST on THAT?! supraTruth Apr 2012 #11

nobody answers that question fascisthunter Apr 2012 #14

Exactly. HooptieWagon Apr 2012 #13

ELIMINATE the CAP on income! NO more worries! supraTruth Apr 2012 #10