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jody Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-19-11 04:46 PM
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2. Deficits are caused when any entity spends more than it can reasonably repay. Since fed govt is
ultimately responsible for all fed debt it is understandable to combine all obligations into one single debt package.
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  -Question regarding SS & The Deficit...... Little Star  Jan-19-11 04:36 PM   #0 
  - If he said that, he is lying.  sabrina 1   Jan-19-11 04:41 PM   #1 
  - That was my point sorta...  Little Star   Jan-19-11 04:51 PM   #5 
  - It is simple really. The reason they keep feeding us this line  sabrina 1   Jan-19-11 05:30 PM   #10 
     - And now they are going to give us a holiday by...  Little Star   Jan-19-11 06:05 PM   #11 
  - exactly. nt  DesertFlower   Jan-19-11 04:57 PM   #9 
  - Deficits are caused when any entity spends more than it can reasonably repay. Since fed govt is  jody   Jan-19-11 04:46 PM   #2 
  - But since ss is the only spending with a dedicated tax to cover it, blame  mmonk   Jan-19-11 04:49 PM   #4 
     - I care not who to blame but IMO govt can repudiate SS debt. n/t  jody   Jan-19-11 04:51 PM   #6 
  - For years I have heard that  oldlib   Jan-19-11 04:48 PM   #3 
  - To bad they can't just be honest about this. It is their...  Little Star   Jan-19-11 04:55 PM   #7 
  - the government doesn't pay into social security.  DesertFlower   Jan-19-11 04:56 PM   #8 
  - Social security payments have generated a surplus for 30 years  Warpy   Jan-19-11 10:25 PM   #12 
  - Obama says the same thing about SS being part of the deficit ...  slipslidingaway   Jan-19-11 10:40 PM   #13 
     - The affluent political class also doesn't want to touch Medicare  Hello_Kitty   Jan-19-11 10:45 PM   #14 
        - I can believe that, especially having gone through some expensive medical ...  slipslidingaway   Jan-19-11 11:38 PM   #15 
 

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