• aramis87@fedia.io
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    6 days ago

    Republican Utah Senator John Curtis said on Meet the Press on Sunday: "We’re not being honest when we look people in the eye and say we’re not going to touch [Social Security]. If we don’t touch it, it touches itself. You know that, right?

    Social Security would’ve been fine if they didn’t keep raiding it for spending money :(

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      5 days ago

      Any time money was borrowed from the SSA fund, it was replaced with Treasury bonds.

      Social security is running out of money because the median wage have been pretty stagnant for decades, Anne more and more money is being shifted to people who already cap out their contribution for the year, so less is going in.

      Raise wages across the board, significantly, and Social Security fixes itself