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I've taken no substantive stance in this thread other than to say that SS is fully funded until 2041/42 and no posted data has contradicted this.
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Okay, then, I apologize for not explicitly arguing the real point of contention - an underlying premise. You're looking at SS in a vaccuum. In that vaccuum, yes, SS is solvent for many years to come because of the SS trust fund. I look at SS in the context of the overall Federal budget and/or US economy; in that context, the SS trust fund is really the SS slush fund because it has all been spent. Thus unless the tooth fairy pays back the SS slush/trust fund, SS effectively becomes insolvent as soon as payouts surpass receipts in 2018 or so, and even starts having a negative impact next year when there will gradually be less and less annual slush fund surplus available to prop up other Federal spending.
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I'm here only to discuss substantive policy issues. If any serious discussion breaks out in here, I'll be back.
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Substantive discussion requires some compatible underlying premises. So, are we discussing things in some on-paper accounting fantasyland, or in real life? I'll easily concede that SS isn't Too bad on paper, but in real life, there are significant issues to be addressed.