Why don't we ever hear the real truth about the Social Security surplus?

[howaboutme]

While the media and right wing politicians are attempting to portray Social Security as a big entitlement to be cut, they never mention that trillions of the paper SS surplus was spent by Congress and used as a slush fund to wage wars, build roads, pay for tax cuts, schools, fund corporate pork, and to provide a disproportionate benefit to the wealthiest of Americans because they paid the least (if any) into the fund. Working Americans (along with a match from employers) paid the payroll tax which was a significant percent of their income. The wealthiest Americans, and those who have their primary income from investments, paid little if anything especially as a percent of income into Social Security. Now that the surplus cash cow paid for by working Americans is no longer available, the elite that used and benefited from it now wish to cut the benefit side.

Or am I looking at this wrong?

[Ozymanithrax]

1. It is an inconvenient truth, to conservative goals. n/t

[Speck Tater]

2. We hear only what corporate media wants us to hear.

We are peons and peasants without voice, without power, and even without access to the truth. Get used to it. It's the new reality under corporate governance.

[BlueJac]

3. truth, what is that?

When money is involved truth goes out the window! money trumps truth

[RKP5637]

4. This is a very very propagandized country! Foe some reason the masses can't

get their head around that and the corruption in this county and MSM spin all of facts into stories to ripoff the citizens who vote these fools into office.

[whathehell]

8. You are correct, IMO...There is a real problem here with the media

Ever since the Reagan administration saw the demise of The Fairness Doctrine, it's been going more swiftly in that

direction...since I'm on the Seniors forum (I'm 61, more Boomer, but still) I'm sure I don't have to tell you

how completely DIFFERENT this country was prior to that...There was no "right wing radio"...No Limbaugh, Beck, Fox News,

etc....Those people could not have EXISTED under The Fairness Doctrine....Now it's true, the FD had to do with "public airwaves" and

a lot of this stuff is on Cable, but I still think SOMETHING could be (and must be if we're to retain sanity and some semblance of

"Democracy" must be done.


That's my "rant"...Thanks for listening. I would be interested in knowing how you feel.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. You're absolutely correct.

[jtown1123]

6. They don't "get" Social Security.

[PoliticAverse]

7. I believe you are looking at it correctly. n/t