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Politics : The Trump Presidency
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To: neolib who wrote (69485)5/2/2018 4:37:38 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 354444
 
If I take $5 out of my right pocket, and put it in my left pocket. Later I return it and shove in another dollar saying "here's your interest". I didn't actually have a real return, I just shuffled money around.

Yes I had income in the time to be able to pay the dollar (and a lot more), and the government also has (tax) income. But my paycheck isn't something that would normally be considered return on investment, similarly taxation is not an investment with a positive return (its just taking from others).

If there was no trust fund at all, the government would have to tax people to pay for SS payments. With the current trust fund it ALSO has to tax people to make the payments. Social Security, Defense, Department of Interior whatever, its all taxing and spending, not financial investment.
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