For the amount of fuel tax we are paying we should have a road system that is the best in the world. But somehow it does not seem to end up that way. And they are constantly telling us we need to pay more to get basic repairs done.
If they spent the money on just what they should spend it on with (being generous) ten percent for administration cost there would be plenty of money.
They don't.
Or the education money. Same thing.
Which is a common problem with government. They spend the minimum they can on what they said they would do, they dole out the rest to buy votes and influence.
Which is why I always vote no on any increase. They have plenty of money. Too much in fact. So they waste it.
But none of that is relevant. SS accounting doesn’t take into account that the dollars are ‘borrowed’ for everything else, all it looks at is what’s supposed to be in their account (reserves), and cash flow in/out. That is what is all supposed to be adding up to zero by 2035. There are no roads or schools or Ukraines in that.