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Originally Posted by fl_prn_str
This is TRUE......Didnt we have a SURPLUS during the CLINTON Admin?
so what we need to do to FIX THE SYSTEM is to have a DEMOCRAT in the White House.......then between 2 to 4 years later....pooof......a SURPLUS....Amazing isnt it?
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Okay, I agree with you that this needs some attention but get off the Bush administration about this one. This started about 70 years ago, under FDR a Democrat, when the programs where first established under the great depression. It was never meant to pay people, but to earn extra cash flow for the federal government; why do you think the age of 65 was chosen to start payouts, it?s because that was the avg life expectance back then. This has nothing to do with the surplus or deficit, they are separate funds. Before you start giving solutions please read the history behind it and educate yourself on solutions.