It's a raid infofar as it's money being used for something it wasn't intended for. That money was intended for the baby boom retirement; instead, it was used to pay for defense, which in turn allowed for lower taxes on the rich.
Ok. Strictly speaking, you're correct. "Borrowed" ot "reallocated" are probably better words; and the money has all been accounted for. However, instead of restoring the money to preserve benefits, republicans want to cut benefits.
You're wrong. The right has "tapped" it just as much as the left. In fact, the "tap dance" you speak of began with Reagan in 1983 when he and Greenspan raised the payroll tax to pre-fund the baby boomer retirement, a move which created the surplus of which Reagan was the first to raid. Study...
But partial privatization weakens the system for those who are collecting, or near collecting, benefits under the old system. And they both vote and outnumber the rest of you.
You tax and spend some more to fund better education. And during that education these future "people in charge" are required to study Plato to learn the role that philosophy and ethics play in their public service careers.
I agree there's a problem; but I don't agree with trashing the whole...
What about successful government programs in other countries like Norway, which has a much smaller African population than the U.S.? The world has shown that government programs can work if particular societies value them.
isn't that at least partly because the right has a basic philisophical aversion to these programs and uses its political muscle to thwart their success?
but taxes provide a way for us to fund things collectively which would be more burdensome if we did it as individuals. it's like the difference between owning a house where you maintain it yourself, or owning a condominium where you pay an association fee, which is analagous to a tax.
taking money from middle and working class taxpayers to give to the rich is also wrong; which is what happened to the social security trust fund. all the money was borrowed so the rich could have lower taxes. and now they don't want to pay it back!
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