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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: jttmab who wrote (51243)6/28/2005 10:26:29 AM
From: TigerPaw  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 173976
 
To the statement that the Social Security surplus was used to pay down the debt, it's not irrelevant

It only shifted debt.
The paying down was largely done via income tax.

Social security revenue only affected current receipts, not debt.
TP