Well,.....At least the IOU's written are admittance of Government responsibility for the viability of Social Security. It's been axiomatic for several decades that any politician trying to directly..."de-fund"...Social Security and Medicare,.....has touched the "third rail" of politics,...and has become a pariah.....
People like Paul Ryan couldn't outright state that they were going to vastly reduce, or even end S.S,......so they "code" legislation as "entitlement reform",.....and nibble at the edges,....Bit by bit.
Mr. Ryan may have seen "pariah" status in his future.....That may have had something to do with his retirement from politics at age 48......
trknco, sorry that is not factual, government has to borrow money to bail out social security trust fund, 60 billion this year. i hate to burst your bubble.
The fact that the Government had to borrow the money means that they understand that the responsibility and liability for the Social Security fund,.......rests squarely on the people who borrowed the money in the first place,.....Congress. They cannot allow the fund to go into default,...without being charged "remiss in their fiduciary duties" to the American people.
In plain English,........They stole it.........a chargeable crime.......
Contrary to Mr. Ryan's position that Social Security is an....."entitlement",........that funding came directly out of our paychecks.......Your's too, Mr. B. Gump..........That is , unless you're the wealthy scion of an Arkansas-based transportation company, who never had to earn a paycheck, and would regard calluses on the hands as a debilitating and unsightly medical condition........In that case,...you probably feel that anyone receiving Social Security is some sort of scum-sucking bum, living off of an "entitlement", paid for by taxes on your....inheritance.....
You seem rather giddy over the fact that people may lose their Social security in the future,.......We know you're absolutely in favor of financial disaster for retired people, whose labors had enriched Corporate America for decades, believing in a long-term pension promise,.....only to see the CEO's rationalize cutting pension payments merely to add to their profits......
Just......Ahh......What side are you on, Mr. B. Gump? Do you actually have a vote in this contract,...or are you just a "cheerleader" for corporate malfeasance? Remember,......If you lie,....you are lying about yourself.......Never a good self-image builder to hang that around your neck......