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But I don't think the USA has any extra tax revenue for this, as every Social Security tax dollar that is surplus is used to buy US Treasuries.
Think of it more as the US Treasury printing money
Federal government owns at least $20 trillion in proprty alone it can sell off.
Wasn't Social Security supposed to be a kind of sovereign wealth fund? Government plundered it and left a pile of scrip (IOUs).
Anything that DC establishes will just be regarded as a political checking account.
Wasn't Social Security supposed to be a kind of sovereign wealth fund? Government plundered it and left a pile of scrip (IOUs).
Anything that DC establishes will just be regarded as a political checking account.
It’s in a Lock Box. A Lock Box.
Wasn't Social Security supposed to be a kind of sovereign wealth fund? Government plundered it and left a pile of scrip (IOUs).
Anything that DC establishes will just be regarded as a political checking account.
Bill Clinton "solved" the problem in the 90's by unifying the budget. Before then, the SS trust fund and the rest of the federal budget were kept separate.
Fourth Turning.
What pissed me off is they "mixed" this $500,000 with the operating money (i.e., revenue from quarterly assessments) and they made it difficult to account for how this $500,000 was spent.
There will definitely be a means test for Social Security as part of this equation.
this was the beginning of the end - we are almost at the end, unfortunately, there is much more fun to be had before the curtain draws on the Fourth Turning.
Have the US government run a Sovreign Wealth Fund.
What better way to bail out Wall Street when the Masters of the Universe fuck up.
It is also an ideal way to do a Pension Bailout of Blue States and Cities.
The corruption would be legendary.