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Old 07-26-2012, 06:39 PM  
kane
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Multiply this scenario times 500,000 +/- and we will soon learn the problem with the way they have implemented the funds. It can not support the water coming in, the boat will sink with this weight.
That is true for all entitlement programs. I consider welfare and social security/disability two different things. Yes, there are people who scam disability, but most of the people on social security or disability are either old and retired or physically unable to work.

The problem is that people are living so much longer now that we are paying out more than is coming in and we are in danger of it running dry by 2033.

There will need to be some pretty big changes made across the board not only in who gets the money, but how the money is brought in, when it is paid out and what is done with it while it sits in trust if these programs are going to continue in the future.
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