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Populist Reform of the Democratic Party

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3. Just imagine........

Reply to merrily (Reply #2)

Sun Oct 11, 2015, 12:46 AM

Oct 2015

Even though social security has a dedicated funding mechanism, that is in surplus, it is somehow "running out of money". Yet the military, which has no such dedicated funding mechanism, never runs out of money. And they never have to account for how they spend the money.

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If you've been alive for almost ninety years, you could gain perspective about activism. [View all] merrily Oct 2015 OP

But John Kasich said, "We have to cut Social Security for the good of the nation." Enthusiast Oct 2015 #1

Don't blame me! Those are all Chomsky's words. merrily Oct 2015 #2

Just imagine........ Enthusiast Oct 2015 #3

Dedicated funding system, but our government is a thief. We've subsidized the oil merrily Oct 2015 #4