[markomalley]

The actual money was put in the general fund long ago by the Democrats and spent as fast as it was received. This was truly a case of "no trust, no fund".

Be sure never to buy into the little canard that somebody "raided the trust fund."

That was the way Social Security was designed to operate by FDR. It was a ponzi scheme by its very design...and is operating exactly the way it was supposed to.

(The above is not Pollyanna...the above simply states that it was government-sponsored theft of assets from the beginning)

[infowarrior]

That was the way Social Security was designed to operate by FDR. It was a ponzi scheme by its very design...and is operating exactly the way it was supposed to.

Given that FDR and Carlo Ponzi were contemporaries, your remark may be far truer than most realize...

the infowarrior

[DakotaGator]

Indeed. It was always a Ponzi scheme.

And therein lies the root of Democrats’ liberalism, they believe that you can get something for nothing.

Conservatives know that there ain't no such thing as a free lunch!