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carolina73 (09-14-2020),Pammy (09-14-2020)
Of course it is.
The scheme is collapsing because of demographics: not enough new investors to cover the earlier investors. I.e. we are not making enough babies and growing them into taxpayers.What Is a Ponzi Scheme?
A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investing scam promising high rates of return with little risk to investors. The Ponzi scheme generates returns for early investors by acquiring new investors. This is similar to a pyramid scheme in that both are based on using new investors' funds to pay the earlier backers.
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carolina73 (09-14-2020),Collateral Damage (09-14-2020)
The story is pensions not Social Security. Social Security is empty. They are borrowing to keep it afloat.
Don't tell me that you think there is a lock box? LOL There is not even a separate bank to hold it. It is a line item on the governments books and as much of a fraud as saying that taxpayers funds are not being used for abortions.
If Social Security was a private fund then they would close it down and arrest all of the managers for financial fraud.
Peter1469 (09-14-2020)
Any financial problems that social security has is due to the government stealing from it. It doesn't matter if it was a Repub or a Dem. they are all guilty of this crime against its citizens.
And the boomers are retiring. There aren't enough workers to cover fully covering starting in 2035.
You get a yearly statement from Social Security- read it. It says the cuts are coming.The Ponzi scheme generates returns for early investors by acquiring new investors. This is similar to a pyramid scheme in that both are based on using new investors' funds to pay the earlier backers.
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carolina73 (09-14-2020)
I don't recall the particulars, but I remember that Bush 42 attempted to get some kind of change made in how Social Security funds are invested - so that every dollar would be funneled through certain banks, who would take a small percentage of it to do exactly the same job, invest in exactly the same funds, as were being utilized then. It was an obvious gift to a few well-connected financial institutions at the taxpayers' expense and didn't ever come to anything.
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