[cherry]

and this here poster, me alone, has donated to SS and Medicare and all of the federal govt for the almost 50 yrs of work...

my husband the same...

[NorthMountain]

has donated to SS and Medicare

And every penny of that has been spent and no longer exists. Don't kid yourself: Your parents' SS/Medicare came straight out of your pocket. Any SS/Medicare you may receive is coming straight out of some younger peoples' pockets.

Half of Federal Outlays, roughly, are a Ponzi Scheme sustained by Fedzilla's ability to create "money" from nothing. Any attempt to get government spending under control that doesn't FIRST get government out of the Ponzi Scheme business, is just blather and drivel. Hot air. Meaningless babble.