Social Security Did Not Cause The Deficit. Repeat.
by Rod Sullivan
I am tired of the hatchet job that is taking place on the Social Security program. Social Security has never added ONE CENT to the federal deficit. It is completely self-sufficient, and always has been. This is an incontrovertible FACT!
Social Security is already set until 2034. Wealthier people only pay Social Security on the first $106,000 they earn. A tiny change, raising that $106,000 to say, $125,000, will make Social Security solvent for the next 50 or more years.
So, next time you hear pundits talking about balancing the federal budget and they mention Social Security, contact that show and call them on it! Every time you see a journalist sit there and let this go unquestioned, call them on it!
Social Security has NO relationship to the federal deficit!
We know how this works. Repeat it over and over, and people begin to believe it, even though it is false. This is the same thing that happened with President Obama's religion, Iraq's ties to Bin Laden, and John Kerry's military service.
Do not allow that to happen to Social Security!
Reprinted with permission from Sullivan's Salvos, a newsletter from Johnson County Supervisor Rod Sullivan.
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