[stephenjohnbanker]

The fake disability claims, and newly minted illegal immigrants will wipe it out.

[Pearls Before Swine]

The fake disability claims, and newly minted illegal immigrants will wipe it out.

I wouldn't say it that way, although I agree with the sentiment. Wipe "what" out--the Trust Fund? The way I look at it, the disability and illegal claims just increase the amount of cash given away, which increases taxes on the productive. Whether it is booked as driving down the Trust Fund (and it will be to justify more SS taxes, mostly in the form of lifting the salary cap), is irrelevant to the budgetary health of the country. More money will be spent (and the things you mention are money that shouldn't be spent).

Maybe I'm just arguing about words here; as it seems to me we mean the same thing.

[okie01]

The fake disability claims, and newly minted illegal immigrants will wipe it out.

If I a not mistaken, disability claims against social security are paid out of the general fund, rather than the "trust fund".

[LostInBayport]

The fake disability claims, and newly minted illegal immigrants will wipe it out.

Yep. Those illegals pay in little and take out a lot. Me? I'm self-employed, so I pay in double to fund their windfall.

And I know as I write those checks that I'll never see that hard-earned money again.

Just another day in the life of the 53%.