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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (69916)	5/4/2018 5:23:40 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 363131

"The government doesn't borrow from the trust fund. It can't, or at least doing so would be meaningless." It might be meaningless to you, but the interest received for the money it "can't" lend is all that stands between + and - on the SSTF bottom line. Trustees Report Summary - Social Security ssa.gov In 2016, Social Security's total income exceeded total cost by $35 billion. When interest received on trust fund assets is excluded from program income, there was a deficit of non-interest income relative to cost equal to $53 billion. The Trustees project that annual non-interest-income deficits will persist throughout the ...