Author Topic: Social Security (Read 641 times)

Lizking · « **Reply #15 on:** October 15, 2004, 03:55:46 PM »

JAB, quit asking for facts, you will give them a headache.

rpm · « **Reply #16 on:** October 15, 2004, 03:58:06 PM »

I'd give him more than 60 seconds to reply Lizzie.

Lizking · « **Reply #17 on:** October 15, 2004, 03:59:14 PM »

rpm · « **Reply #18 on:** October 15, 2004, 04:00:22 PM »

So he has time to get online and read the question maybe?

Lizking · « **Reply #19 on:** October 15, 2004, 04:01:42 PM »

What fun is that? If you are going to spew nonsense, you should at least make an attempt to source the info.

J_A_B · « **Reply #20 on:** October 15, 2004, 04:05:09 PM »

Not really trying to give "them" a headache. I don't really take sides in this political stuff; I don't consider myself to be either Republican or Democrat.

I'm just wondering--genuinely curious--as to how somebody came up with such a massive figure. It has to be based on some sort of projections and that's what I'd like to see.

I am not trying to question whether the US governent is sucking money out of SS; it's been doing that since the '50's so I just assume that part is accurate (government greed combined with a naive setup for SS is largely why SS is in the state it's in to begin with). $3 trillion is such a big figure it just sort of jumped out of the page at me.

US government's current budget is roughly $2.4 trillion, and that includes a $500 billion deficit.

J_A_B