[Red Badger]

You are correct. The “trust fund” has been raided routinely for over 40 years by spendthrift Congresscritters of both parties. They have done the most disservice to us as a way of buying our own votes with our own money..............

[kabar]

You are correct. The “trust fund” has been raided routinely for over 40 years by spendthrift Congresscritters of both parties. They have done the most disservice to us as a way of buying our own votes with our own money..............

The trust fund is an accounting gimmick. It is filled with non-market T-bills [IOUs]. It is part of the $9 trillion national debt under the caption "Intragovernmental holdings."