Because of ignorance, because people share this kind of nonsense, because ignorant people believe it, because they want to ignore the facts.
It’s incredibly infuriating and scary.
Where did the money go?
The money goes to pay the benefits for those of us collecting Social Security. The bonds held by the SS Trust started to be redeemed in 2021 and only because “Congress” is “paying it back” can full earned benefits be paid today‼️‼️
Because Social Security is so underfunded and has been for years, the question you should be asking is where is Congress getting the cash to pay the SS Trust for the redeemed Treasury bonds.
The answer is borrowing more money from other sources.
You don’t want to hear that taxes need to be raised or benefits reduced or both to keep Social Security sustainable so don’t blame Congress.
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Don’t blame Congress?
If not Congress, just who is to blame for ~$2 Trillion annual deficits, ~$39 Trillion in national debt, and unsustainable (with current funding levels) Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid entitlements?
Who would you blame? See my other note about generations and vote buying. Clearly, the Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millenials, Alpha and Beta generations, those who will be called upon to either take reductions in benefits or pay increased taxes or both, are not to blame for the past vote buying by Congress.
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Blame the American people who think and vote for people who think we can have all we want without the taxes and other revenue to pay for it. Congress doesn’t act because if they did the right thing they would lose their job.
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Totally disagree. Members of Congress sought their position and have a duty and responsibility, frankly a fiduciary duty, to properly represent their constituents and to defend the Constitution.
Constituents are not limited to those who believe in crap such as: “Don’t tax you, don’t tax me, tax that guy behind the tree” or “The best tax is the one I owe and YOU pay!”
They are to represent all constituents, those who would benefit and those who would be burdened, those who can and do vote today, and those who are too young to vote and generations unborn.
They certainly are not supposed to lie to their constituents, as they have for many decades, and have certainly lied with respect to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid entitlements.
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More lies.
Congress isn’t “paying it back” when the trust fund redeems the Treasury securities.
Congress is borrowing from other sources, increasing our national debt – our annual deficit for FY 2025 was $1.83 Trillion.
The projected FY 2026 federal budget deficit is estimated to range between $1.9 trillion and $2.1 trillion!
We do not have a taxing problem in America. We do have a spending problem – Congress continues to buy votes where lie about entitlements and continue to send the bill to generations too young to vote, and generations yet unborn!
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Didn’t I say “The answer is borrowing more money from other sources.”
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you said: “the question you should be asking is where is Congress getting the cash to pay the SS Trust for the redeemed Treasury bonds. The answer is borrowing more money from other sources.”
No, they are not borrowing money from other sources! They are not raising taxes on others. They are not tapping other reserves. They are not selling federal assets to raise cash.
They are writing IOU’s that will need to be redeemed by generations too young to vote and generations unborn. It isn’t “other sources”, but future taxpayers who don’t have the opportunity to vote them out of office or challenge their vote buying and decision-making.
As Mark Twain famously said in 1894, 130+ years ago: “It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.”
https://www.twainquotes.com/Congress.html
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