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Make Social Security Trust Fund inaccessible for any and all purposes other than for Social Security Pensions,disability and survivor benefits. Money in Social Security Trust Fund must be prohibited from being counted against the National debt; Neither Congress nor "the Fed" should should be able be to access these funds under any circumstance!

Submitted by Wanda A. in Taxes & Budget Dec. 11, 2014, 12:42 a.m.

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MrPete

Too late. There's been no money in the SS Trust Fund since the 1930's. On paper, they have almost 3 trillion. In reality, the Feds were allowed to borrow 100% of the trust fund several decades ago, and have NO ability to pay it back. Sorry folks, there's NOTHING there. It is literally a Ponzi scheme: your current payments cover the cost of those who retired before you. It has been that way ever since about 4-5 years after SS began. Your own payments are completely inadequate to cover your own retirement as well. The hope is that our kids will pay for us... except we have a shrinking workforce. THIS is why there is over 100 trillion in unfunded liabilities: ie, promised future payments that NOBODY knows how to cover.

Jan. 10, 2015, 10:33 p.m.

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