Withhold 20, 40 no 50 million potential workers from the economy and then ask how can a ponzi scheme like Social Security ever work?
We have a gubamint that is carrying out a ‘planned obsolescense’ operation that will eventually undercut it’s ability to maintain itself as anything more than a shell of its original intent.
Our population continues to increase already, if simply having more people solved the problem of funding Social Security, we'd have solved it long ago.
The fact remains that as a ponzi scheme, there will never be a way to perpetually fund Social Security. Those of us in Generation X and beyond will never see a penny of benefits, simply because of the math.
Gee, Rick, something *I* said, repeatedly, over a decade and a half ago...
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And then import, or turn a blind eye, to the flood across the Borders.
Numbers almost come out equal.
That’s been an argument of mine for years. Aside of the moral issue, the obvious economic issue.
Why is India a rising economic power?
They’re not sitting on a lake of oil, and they aren’t stealing it from their neighbors.
It’s because they have over a BILLION PEOPLE, and they drive them to be productive (as opposed to sitting around collecting welfare checks)
People = Economic Growth. Instead we decided to follow the “population bomb” garbage back in the 70’s.