[freedox]

I guess someone has to point this out every time one of these articles is posted, but SSI (Supplemental Security Income) is NOT a part of the Social Security program. SSI benefits come from general tax revenues, NOT from Social Security funds. Here's the link:

http://www.ssa.gov/notices/supplemental-security-income/

[William Terrell]

I guess someone has to point this out every time one of these articles is posted, but SSI (Supplemental Security Income) is NOT a part of the Social Security program. SSI benefits come from general tax revenues, NOT from Social Security funds. Here's the link:

There are no Social Security funds.

    " The proceeds of both [employee and employer] taxes are to 
    be paid into the treasury like other internal revenue 
    generally, and are not earmarked in any way."  Helvering v 
    Davis 301 US 619, 635  (1937). 

    "The proceeds of the tax imposed on employers by Title IX of 
    the Social Security Act, supra, go into the Treasury of the 
    United States without earmark, like internal revenue 
    collections generally."  Steward Machine Co. v Davis  301 US 
    548  (1936)