“Legally they could stop sending checks tomorrow.”
I know that! I was just pointing out that the government is trying to “take credit for SSA as some sort of a a “freebie” that you had not part in creating through your contributions. But let them try to stop sending out SSA checks and see what the result is. They don’t dare, at least they don’t dare until the money runs out!
#177 Newsflash: the current payees get checks funded by borrowing money.There is No fund set aside, it’s lock box full of IOUs.