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To: DannyTN; mc6809e
When the federal government borrows funds, it pays interest. That interest is paid back from future tax receipts.

Yeah, I know. I wanted "mc6809e" to answer that question.

What I really wanted to say was: "Listen, you maroon (mc6809e), that interest is paid by future taxes." But I was trying to be polite.

57 posted on 03/18/2006 4:00:49 PM PST by raybbr
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To: raybbr

"What I really wanted to say was: "Listen, you maroon (mc6809e), that interest is paid by future taxes." But I was trying to be polite."

More specifically, The PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST will have to be paid back by the 53 percent of americans that actually pay federal income tax. The bottom 47 percent which pay ZERO won't be affected.

Ain't it a great country?!


71 posted on 03/18/2006 4:28:47 PM PST by Wristpin ("The Yankees announce plan to buy every player in Baseball....")
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To: raybbr
Yeah, I know. I wanted "mc6809e" to answer that question.

What I really wanted to say was: "Listen, you maroon (mc6809e), that interest is paid by future taxes." But I was trying to be polite.

I think most people (including me) realize that that interest comes from future taxes. But your observation changes nothing.

My observation, that raided SS money is invested in bonds, creates a path to private investment. If people understood that their retirement money was already being invested in US government debt, they might wish to take advantage of other investment options and this would potentially lead to private accounts.

101 posted on 03/18/2006 6:02:58 PM PST by mc6809e
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