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On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 19:59:47 -0500, Boating All Out
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You keep beating that drum but I don't hear it.

You must be deaf then.
Every dime in that trust fund is debt, not an asset.
We will have to borrow all of the money we "pay back" since the
government is already spending all they take in, actually 166% of what
they take in. Where does the money come from to redeem the SS bonds?

Talk about deaf. Cutting this out in your reply won't make it go away.

"Paying off the trust fund over the next the next 26 years is a trivial
drain on government revenues. Maintains 100% of current benefits.
At that point 75% of current benefits can be paid on SS revenues alone.
THAT'S IF NOTHING IS DONE TO INCREASE SS REVENUES OR MEANS TEST.
What is so hard to understand about that?"

I note you also cut out this,

"Do you have a plan to reduce benefits to those who need them?
Or means test out those who don't need them?
Tell me about it.
I'm sick of you whining and not offering solutions.
This is a simple accounting issue to me, tinged with my human instincts.
I offered one solution above on the benefit side that probably fixes it
forever.
Now you put up or shut up.
Let's see what you're made of.
I suspect it's ham only from the right side of the hog.
But I might be surprised."

You disappointed me. Thought you could do more than whine and play
Chicken Little.
So ham from the right side of the hog it is.
But really more like all squeal, and no other parts of the hog at all.