Is Social Security Insolvency and the National Debt actually the same thing?

Boomers have been paying excess Social Security witholding above what is needed for paying current benefits for many years.





Congress changed the laws to put that surplus aside for the future - but then put that surplus into government debt bonds - so when Social Security is taking in less and benefits grow, not only will Social Security withholding need increased - taxes will have to be increased to pay back the bonds...





So Bush is spending MY Social Security NOW with his deficit spending and supplemental spending bills that don't show up in the budget. Should we demand a clear accounting ?

Is Social Security Insolvency and the National Debt actually the same thing?
They are not the same thing but money is fungible so you are right when you say our Social Security dollars are being plundered.





Tomkat makes many valid points about the Democrats' contributions to the problem but he is too one sided.





We can thank the Republican administrations of Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43 for amassing 80% of the current US debt which has now topped 8 trillion dollars.
Reply:Al-congress has already bankrupted SS by spending the taxes collected for it and leaving the SS with a big file cabinet full of congressional IOU's. This brilliant plan was instigated by LBJ and a democrat controlled congress. So, when it comes time for SS checks to be sent out, that money comes out of the general revenues; you have been taxed twice for it. Ain't governments wonderful? And we thought taxation without representation was a problem!
Reply:Yep - let's get an accounting





The current crisis dates back to the Democrats of the 1960's - when they moved SS from a private fund into the General Budget where they could borrow BILLIONS to pay for the VietNam war -(oh did they forget to repay that)( and those are 1960 billions not the billions of today)





Thanks to LBJ, and the DemocratIC Congress and Senate who ran the USA for 40 years





Oh - and also thank Jimmy Carter - and crew - who extended


SS benefits to new immigrants (citizens) who had NEVER paid in - and were granted monies to retire on





And which party started TAXING Social Security payments - yep - The Democrats - with Vice President AL GORE casting the tie breaking vote - wasn't he under Clinton?
Reply:one caused the other.