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BushCo to cut S.S. Benefits
In article , (basskisser) wrote:
Hmmm, let me get this straight.... BushCo gives us back a pittance of
OUR money, in the form of a tax rebate, right? Then, because he didn't
use that money to pay for some of his worst-ever federal deficit,
Greenspan is so afraid that it will spiral out of control, that he
wants to use Social Security money, again, OUR money, to pay off some
of the deficit?? Even the conservatives should be able to see what's
wrong with THIS!! :
ahh where have you been? Our Social Security benefits have been used
for all sorts of things including deficit payments over the years because
it has always been sort of a general slush fund for unrelated spending
and not a dedicated accounting system for the individual taxpayers.
All attempts to transform the slush fund by Republicans in recent past
have been met with cries of "The sky is falling" by the various Democrat
Chicken Little's who induce paranoia amongst the largely lgnorant
general public and seniors in particular.
The Unites States House of Representatives passed legislation called the
"Social Security Lock Box" to protect the Social Security Trust Fund
permanently. I understand that this effort has been stalled in the Senate
by Chicken Little Democrats.
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