[dfwgator]

To quote Paulie from Goodfellas, “F___ You, Pay Me!” I put a lot of money into SS over these years.

[SaveFerris]

Tell more people that anchor baby Nikki touched the Third Rail

[Right_Wing_Madman]

To quote Paulie from Goodfellas, “F___ You, Pay Me!” I put a lot of money into SS over these years.

Social security is still mostly solvent. In 2023, total social security taxes were $1.2 trillion and total payouts were $1.4 trillion.

The problem is all the other taxes only paid for about half of the government expenses. Health costs have exploded and account for the majority of deficit spending.

[frank ballenger]

You said it.

Now don’t change the rules when we’re (allegedly) old.

Or else they should have allowed us to have a retirement investment account to save for each of us as individuals. They didn’t. They took so much money out we all couldn’t afford to do it on our own (most of us) and every year stole all the money (borrowed it) and repaid it the next budget year by the availability of special securities.

The sordid story of How Congress borrows from Social Security————
https://meetbeagle.com/resources/post/which-presidents-borrowed-from-the-social-security-fund#:~:text=Bush%20%27borrowed%27%20%241.37

[Zack Attack]

No worries. It’s safe in the lockbox I read about.