Republicans want to rob your Medicare and Social Security to pay for trump’s tax cuts for the rich. They call it the “debt ceiling fight”, but it’s another transfer of wealth from you to themselves and their donors. Don’t be fooled.
@BethFullerton2 @MuellerSheWrote Ignore the fact that both parties have been stealing from the Social Security Trust Fund for years to finance their political pet projects. democraticunderground.com/articles/01/09…
@BethFullerton2 @morgfair @MuellerSheWrote Nothing has been taken from social security. The $2.5 trillion trust fund is invested in treasury bonds, just like I invest in treasury bills or bonds. You can argue it should be invested in stocks or gold or bitcoin, but most people don't want that risk.
@BethFullerton2 @morgfair @MuellerSheWrote Also, the trust fund is not surplus. It is being used to pay current benefits. All the money being paid in to Soc Sec by working people is not going to the trust fund for their retirement. It is being used to pay those already retired. Actuarially the fund has a big deficit.