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TheWraith

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4. Don't take these projections too seriously.
Mon Apr 23, 2012, 07:08 PM
Apr 2012

It's like trying to predict the weather next August. There's far too many variables, which vary too quickly, to really make an accurate projection. Economic upturns push more money to the SSTF, downturns mean less, and there's room for a LOT of those over the next 20 years.

Does he look very attentive? or waiting for a orpupilofnature57 Apr 2012 #1
is it going to affect him? onethatcares Apr 2012 #2
Billions for Foreign Aid... Billions for War...Billions for China.... lib2DaBone Apr 2012 #3
You know how little money we spend on foreign aid? TheWraith Apr 2012 #5
What we spend on unnecessary wars, however... maddiemom Apr 2012 #38
Much foreign aid is hidden in the military budget. n/t Chemical Bill Apr 2012 #51
Its not so much as whats spent as whats not coming in. cstanleytech Apr 2012 #12
Don't take these projections too seriously. TheWraith Apr 2012 #4
While it's folly to predict anything longer than ten years away customerserviceguy Apr 2012 #19
those are my thoughts newspeak Apr 2012 #39
projections' accuracy isn't the real story, IMHO 0rganism Apr 2012 #48
and so it begins fascisthunter Apr 2012 #6
Yup. Predictable as hell. woo me with science Apr 2012 #14
Increase the cap and bring in more funds. WHEN CRABS ROAR Apr 2012 #7
Well, you can't just do that alone customerserviceguy Apr 2012 #20
I like your idea. It could induce a bit more shcrane71 Apr 2012 #45
and yet the payroll tax newblewtoo Apr 2012 #8
No means testing PSPS Apr 2012 #15
our president/congress have loads of $$$ for the military industrial complex msongs Apr 2012 #9
Yay! The whole thing is going tits up the same year I become eligible! Throd Apr 2012 #10
If Congress does nothing customerserviceguy Apr 2012 #21
what "painful action?" mike_c Apr 2012 #11
Obama's "Deficit Commission" (Simpson-Bowles) recommended a $50,000 cut in lifetime benefits MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #27
And wasn't that before Obama cooked up the 2% cut in Social Security taxes? dflprincess Apr 2012 #33
Monsters desperately want to steal the SS pool of funds. Fire Walk With Me Apr 2012 #13
Here's a secret: It's been stolen. customerserviceguy Apr 2012 #23
Congress has been paying it back since 2009 happyslug Apr 2012 #25
They're paying interest on the principle customerserviceguy Apr 2012 #34
debt service melm00se Apr 2012 #50
:( Fire Walk With Me Apr 2012 #36
Better hide your book or they'll steal that too. radarluv Apr 2012 #37
They can default on the treasury bonds held by SS, but closeupready Apr 2012 #40
Except that those bonds are not marketable. ieoeja Apr 2012 #42
Nope. Default on them, and our credit rating is kaput. closeupready Apr 2012 #44
So don't "default." Igel Apr 2012 #46
Long before they would default customerserviceguy Apr 2012 #49
well i guess i`ll be dead by then so i`ll get mine! madrchsod Apr 2012 #16
I'll be dead then too. RebelOne Apr 2012 #17
The bipartisan war on Social Security continues MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #18
I thought Obama killed Social Security 2 years ago. JoePhilly Apr 2012 #22
I thought Obama killed the Bush tax cuts 2 years ago. MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #26
The difference is, my post is ON TOPIC. Yours, not so much. JoePhilly Apr 2012 #28
Rep. Conyers: Obama Demanded Social Security Cuts--Not GOP MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #29
Except your first claim is false. JoePhilly Apr 2012 #31
So appointing the two biggest foes of Social Security to run a "deficit commision" MannyGoldstein Apr 2012 #32
Super secret maneuver!!! closeupready Apr 2012 #41
Just able to pay 75% of expected beneifts is "Exhaustion"???? happyslug Apr 2012 #24
"Trust fund exhaustion." Igel Apr 2012 #47
We simply need to raise the cap on SS funding, and eliminate the Reagan tax cuts. grahamhgreen Apr 2012 #30
capitalists and their political stooges.... unkachuck Apr 2012 #35
Set a fixed amount for everyone 4th law of robotics Apr 2012 #43
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