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JDPriestly

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14. Money from the Social Security Trust Fund which was created because

Reply to Tansy_Gold (Reply #12)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 03:18 AM

Jan 2012

of the extra money, money beyond that paid out in Social Security benefits, that has been paid into the Social Security Trust Fund since around 1985 has been loaned to the US general fund and makes up a portion of the domestically owed debt of our government.

That trade and business have left the country is a huge problem. Social Security did not cause the debt. Social Security has a surplus.

The general fund of the government is in debt to the Social Security Trust Fund.

I think we are agreeing but using different language.

Our "loan" to Social Security is provided for by law. You are correct that it is not something that we individually decided to loan. The Treasury Dept. handles the Social Security Trust Fund.

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Debt Is (Mostly) Money We Owe to Ourselves [View all] phantom power Dec 2011 OP

Well, correct me if I'm wrong, but Tansy_Gold Dec 2011 #1

I own not one dime of government securities, which is how we finance the national debt. mbperrin Dec 2011 #2

Well, that's pretty much what I meant Tansy_Gold Dec 2011 #3

You've said it well, and flawlessly. mbperrin Dec 2011 #4

The Federal Government does not have to obtain money (American dollars) from any one. Sam1 Jan 2012 #6

Please cite the economist and formula that shows that government debt creates savings in the private mbperrin Jan 2012 #10

You have a degree in economics and have never heard (or studied) the chartalist perspective? jtuck004 Jan 2012 #18

I see now. It's the rather old fashioned notion that money is meant to be a store of value. mbperrin Jan 2012 #19

Yep, goods and services much more modern. Better go round up some goats jtuck004 Jan 2012 #20

Didn't read a word, did you? The money is a CLAIM for goods and services. mbperrin Jan 2012 #21

What really has value is human potential, not goods and services, and not jtuck004 Jan 2012 #22

I posted this in response to someone else. JDPriestly Jan 2012 #9

This is a little different because Tansy_Gold Jan 2012 #12

Money from the Social Security Trust Fund which was created because JDPriestly Jan 2012 #14

Exactly. And furthermore, Tansy_Gold Jan 2012 #15

So, if you can afford it, invest for yourself also. JDPriestly Jan 2012 #16

If you have paid your payroll taxes -- your Social Security taxes -- your old-aged JDPriestly Jan 2012 #8

I pay the Teacher Retirement System of Texas. mbperrin Jan 2012 #11

Repudiate the national debt and let the chips fall where they may. Or Blue Hen Buckeye Jan 2012 #5

I wonder what portion of the debt is owed to the Social Security Trust Fund. JDPriestly Jan 2012 #7

About 27-30% from memory dmallind Jan 2012 #13

SSA Trust fund = $2.6 trillion - total debt now over $15 trillion banned from Kos Jan 2012 #17