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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:36 PM Original message |
Question regarding SS & The Deficit...... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
1. If he said that, he is lying. |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. That was my point sorta... |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. It is simple really. The reason they keep feeding us this line |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. And now they are going to give us a holiday by... |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. exactly. nt |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Deficits are caused when any entity spends more than it can reasonably repay. Since fed govt is |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. But since ss is the only spending with a dedicated tax to cover it, blame |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I care not who to blame but IMO govt can repudiate SS debt. n/t |
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oldlib (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. For years I have heard that |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. To bad they can't just be honest about this. It is their... |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
8. the government doesn't pay into social security. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 11:25 PM Response to Original message |
12. Social security payments have generated a surplus for 30 years |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 11:40 PM Response to Original message |
13. Obama says the same thing about SS being part of the deficit ... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jan-19-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. The affluent political class also doesn't want to touch Medicare |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-20-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I can believe that, especially having gone through some expensive medical ... |
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