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valleyrogue

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2. Wrong. It's not "going broke." That is a LIE.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 20, 2025, 12:48 PM

Jun 20

No federal program can go "insolvent" because it prints the money. Furthermore, any "shortfall" can be made up through using the general fund. This is why Congress isn't in any hurry to "fix" it. They KNOW this.

People need to quit believing this Cato Institute BULLSHIT that has been peddled for 45 years. They use that lie to create generational warfare, more of the politics of resentment which the right is so good at.

I will not "debate" this with anybody because I KNOW this "insolvency" claim is a pile of shit.

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Social Security is still in good shape but faces challenges -- from Trump [View all] Zorro Jun 20 OP

Doesn't sound like great shape. 89% and 81% bucolic_frolic Jun 20 #1

Wrong. It's not "going broke." That is a LIE. valleyrogue Jun 20 #2

general fund is running deficits of hundreds of billions of dollars a year. bucolic_frolic Jun 20 #3