re: Social Security has 6 years left, cut benefits or raise taxes?

Simply identify as Somali and the government will shower you with cash.

Problem solved.

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It vanished decades ago.

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It vanished because it was stolen. Efforts to "fix social security" again and once and for all (via fully funded IRA Accounts) was stopped by Congress because the crooks (in Congress) needed the money to rescue the Lending Institutions. Lending Institutions stiffed by minorities who defaulted (excuse me - stole) their mortgage payments.

Your pal the democrats always saw the U.S.Treasury as a perpetual ATM from which they could confiscate (excuse me - steal) monies allocated for specific programs (aka Social Security).

Not my fault people voted in crooks who stole us blind. Thievery begets thievery.

It's our money.

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The only way to bring the fraud under control at this point is to require everyone to reapply for benefits in say 2028. If they do not reapply, their payments would be discontinued. This approach would allow stronger safeguards to be implemented during the application process to identify and prevent fraud. Establishing a periodic reapplication cycle, perhaps every 5 to 10 years, could also help ensure a regular system reset and clean the books regularly of the fraud.

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Is it "out of control" in the first place?

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Social Security fraud represents a miniscule portion of the program's total payments, with official estimates often citing it as less than 0.1% of total benefits, and overall "improper payments"—which include innocent mistakes—rarely exceeding 1%. Direct fraud, such as misusing benefits, is extremely low, with one report placing it at just 0.00625% of the budget.

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I’m not saying don’t investigate and try to eliminate it, but this is not the problem.

About the only to "fix" it is massive reform, stricter means testing, and, attacking fraud.

Or, we could have people take responsibility for their own lives. Ha.

Meanwhile media NEVER covers the trillions in fraud.

Do you realize that in the next 6 years, the world economy will be totally different. AI will put even the workers who pay taxes out of work. You won't recognize the new world you will be in.

Hilarious nobody really talks about this. Too many social issues like trannies and guns and Venezuelans to consider the solvency of our only social safety net.

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How about - End it and return everyone's money that they have paid into it thus far so we can invest it the way we see best suits our needs.

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I would love it if it were possible, but the reality is they can’t afford to do this. Up until 1968 our money was technically available, but the govt. started raiding it at that point to pay for other stuff. Should have never happened.