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Social Security on Facebook [View all]	ashling	Dec 2012	OP
Beautiful	Eddie Haskell	Dec 2012	#1
I am not sure that the notes in the "SS trust fund" are adequate for 60 years	Kolesar	Dec 2012	#2
Actually, it's at least 75 years, as far out as has been reviewed	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2012	#3
Countries with "no population growth" are the ones in trouble	Kolesar	Dec 2012	#5
The entire planet is in trouble with any population growth.	MH1	Dec 2012	#9
Zactly	xtraxritical	Dec 2012	#12
Thank God for you, Manny.....	plethoro	Dec 2012	#6
Bottom line here: D.C. doesn't want to pay back the trillions of dollars borrowed/embezzled	savannah43	Dec 2012	#26
well now,	Dyedinthewoolliberal	Dec 2012	#51
I hope you are right, but I think the fix is in..........nft	plethoro	Dec 2012	#52
The language in the linked Facebook post is misleading.	Jim Lane	Dec 2012	#7
Really? So there is one standard for the USPO, but not for any other governmental	savannah43	Dec 2012	#27
Yes, that's exactly right.	Jim Lane	Dec 2012	#43
The shortfalls were based on pessimistic projections and go clear back	duffyduff	Dec 2012	#8
Here is the Trustees report for 2012, which disputes your assertion	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#18
That report is from Timmy Geithner	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2012	#22
If We took all of Mitt Romney's Assets out of the equation	PrMaine	Dec 2012	#11
SS current income from taxes is currently not covering outgo	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#16
That little slight of hand goes right over the heads of many people.	savannah43	Dec 2012	#31
Are you forgetting interest on the Treasury bonds purchase by the SS Trust Fund? nt	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2012	#35
No, I'm not	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#37
Sorry, I'm a bit tired tonight	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2012	#39
You're both right.	Jim Lane	Dec 2012	#42
Yes, that's correct, Manny	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#46
The problem is that there are no external financial assets in the trust fund	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#20
So, what you are saying is that US Government is about to default on one	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#25
No, I"m not saying we are about to default. We don't need to	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#36
But are you saying it's more OK to default on SS payments	MannyGoldstein	Dec 2012	#40
Depends on your perspective, I suppose	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#45
The US Govt has never and will never default on its obligation to any of its	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#48
US Gov has defaulted multiple times. In the modern era, with Liberty gold bonds	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#54
Lol, I've read all that before. And it's interesting how it neglects the actual	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#47
The bonds in which the trust fund is invested say "backed by the full faith and credit of the US"	lumberjack_jeff	Dec 2012	#29
You are wrong	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#38
The SS trust fund is part of the public debt.	lumberjack_jeff	Dec 2012	#41
Thank you. Amazing to see this garbage on DU, seriously. The decades old	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#49
Not a complete red herring. Look how BushCo used it.	savannah43	Dec 2012	#32
But Ronnie Raygun needed the money to buy more bombs!	WhoIsNumberNone	Dec 2012	#4
As did, unfortunately...	awoke_in_2003	Dec 2012	#10
Yeah, but Ronnie got the ball rolling	WhoIsNumberNone	Dec 2012	#13
Very true...	awoke_in_2003	Dec 2012	#53
And they (Rethugs) laughed at Al Gore's Social Security Lock Box. n/t	Fla Dem	Dec 2012	#23
I forgot about that. Al? Write something about that, please?	savannah43	Dec 2012	#33
The change was made around 1960	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#15
History will not be nice to Ronnie. He cut taxes and then	A Simple Game	Dec 2012	#17
Incredibly inaccurate	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#14
Current SS trust fund receipts are $837,827	LastLiberal in PalmSprings	Dec 2012	#19
SS will always be mostly funded by current income	Yo_Mama	Dec 2012	#21
You know	Lordquinton	Dec 2012	#28
You are not factoring in that this "fund" is earning interest	Curmudgeoness	Dec 2012	#34
How many more decades is this false narrative about SS going to persist?	sabrina 1	Dec 2012	#50
Amen. The truth is out there!	savannah43	Dec 2012	#24
This is worded badly.	lumberjack_jeff	Dec 2012	#30
the biggest problem social security faces is....	madrchsod	Dec 2012	#44