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Like me, I bet a lot of you have been thinking that Social Security is running a deficit. Not so! Social Security contributes *nothing* to our national debt, either. In fact, the fund has a $2.5 TRILLION SURPLUS. Joy Ann Reid provides a great explanation in case you can spare a few min:

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Congress has been taking from Social Security over time, essentially b/c the PENTAGON and literal HANDOUTS TO THE RICH are putting us into debt. Social Security has nothing to do w/ it

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@tsyum they want that money to spend on themselves

It’s America

We care about one thing

Ourselves

Prove me Wrong
PLEASE

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Audit the Pentagon already. I bet the waste and embezzlement in that bottomless sewer would fund Social Security for decades.

@lin11c @tsyum The total annual defense budget is about 1/2 what SS pays out in a year, so reasonable defense cuts wouldn't fund Social Security for "decades", by any stretch.

@lin11c @tsyum Now, if we cut defense spending by about 50% (which is likely do-able), and somehow applied that against anticipated future shortfalls in Social Security, we could avoid raising payroll taxes for a good long time, I suppose.