Posted on 08/12/2012 10:27:08 AM PDT by TurboZamboni
Social Security is not paying more in benefits than it takes in taxes. It is only true if you do not take everything Social Security tax brings in, but only that which they outlay to paying benefits. Social security now takes in more than 50% that goes into the general fund. The democrats do not count that. They now consider that theirs to play with. If Social Security was forced to leave that which they put into the general fund to benefits, we would be good for at least 30 years yet.
Ryan said it best - we don’t destroy what people are depending on and have paid for - we make changes to the future program:
“My mom is a Medicare senior in Florida,” Ryan said. “Our point is we need to preserve their benefits, because government made promises to them that they’ve organized their retirements around.
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