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  • U.S. Government Debt/Deficit: A Disaster in the Making? [View article]
    David, the social security and medicare programs are still making a profit. at the worst postulated time, their revenue will cover 70% to 80% of the programs current entitlements.

    this leads to very interesting issues:

    1) the profits currently are used to pay about 40% of the debt. is the government willing to isolate this money and not commingle these this with the general fund?

    2) this program is a ponzi scheme. we have known this for ages. would it not be easier to simply pass a law which says payments under this system cannot exceed revenue. then sometime between 2020 and 2040, the social security benefits would slowly be reduced. this is enough time for people to create income vehicles to accommodate this shortfall.

    3) the politicians want to adjust the fund today to raid the coffers. I say do the opposite - force them to isolate the entitlements to stop the gaimes.
    Jan 12 05:19 am |Rating: +9 0
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