U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, auditor finds

Re:U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, au... by zeveb on Friday August 19, 2016 @03:46PM (#12322940)

I wonder if all the folks downvoting you honestly believe that they will see a single penny of the Social Security they've been paying all these years?

At least the military budget is a) constitutional b) a reasonable expenditure for a government (as opposed to a mutual-aid society).

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Re:U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, au... by Frondo on Friday August 19, 2016 @07:29PM (#12324236)

Of course you won't see a single penny that you put in, because that's not how Social Security works.

When us younger Americans start drawing our Social Security, it'll be that era's young whose pennies we're drawing.

Social security isn't "you pay in, you get back out what you put in" it's "you pay in for today's olds, and when you're old, young people pay in for you".

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Re:U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, au... by sean2 on Friday August 19, 2016 @07:02PM (#12324136)

I didn't actually down vote, but yes, I expect to see money from social security and Medicaid. I also see my parents retiring and using the money I'm contributing right now. I really don't feel like my money is being lit on fire in this case and he didn't make any argument to convince me I should.

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