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You know the scary fact that SS will not pay full benefits unless we cut benefits nownownow, or raise the cap? Well the odds of SS being unable to pay full benefits during the next 75 years are virtually nil, if we do nothing. That's right, Social Security is likely fully-funded for at least 75 years; the calls for cuts nownownow to stave off dire crisis are unmitigated bullshit.
Geithner and Obama's other appointees used crazy assumptions to concoct projections that would prove that SS is in trouble, so We The People would be OK with our earned benefits getting cut. This, in turn, would allow our $3 trillion trust fund to be handed to Pete Peterson, the bankers, and the rest of the Predator Class.
The Shock Doctrine strikes again! Fuck that!
So PLEASE read and rec the following post that explains all of this, so everyone on DU understands this monstrous lie:
Day 4 SSD blogathon: SS is not going broke by 2033, stop saying it Dems
And send it to friends and family. They'll thank you when they're not eating nasty cat food.