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Re:Stanford Professor Loses Political Battle To Simplify Tax... by nocman on Thursday March 30, 2017 @10:50AM (#13995835)
"The US government lends itself SS and Medicare funds"

And that should have NEVER been legal. That money should have stayed in the funds. Any growth from those funds should still be in the funds. If they had not effectively stolen the money for other uses, those programs would not be in the mess they are in now.

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Re:Stanford Professor Loses Political Battle To Simplify Tax... by toomuchtodo on Thursday March 30, 2017 @12:12PM (#13996632)
The US government borrowing is how that money is invested. If you're upset it was all spent on wars and the military and not on productive uses, that's a governance problem; hold your reps accountable.
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