Beark-Lets not forget that social security was initially intended to supplement retirement income for senior citizens. It has, however, evolved into something entirely different. We now have many people who are well below the age of 65 collecting social security disability in amounts much larger than the social security checks received by the average senior citizen retiree. We also have SSI which pays people who have never contributed or did not have enough quarters to qualify for the regular Social Security. So the fund is being depleted because of the additional beneficiaries and the fact that people are living longer than anticipated when it first started. As for the government robbing the fund, a requirement is that the assets of the Trust Fund can only be invested in US Government securities. At that time, those were considered to be the safest place to put money. We could fix Social Security overnight if Congress had the guts to do so. Don't believe they pay into the fund so not much desire to do anything that may cause them to have to put in a little effort. In their view, we work for them and that will not change until the apathetic v**er grows some backbone and sends them packing. Good Luck America !!!

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Makes me wonder ~ there was no need for Germany to k**l off all the Jews. They could have stolen all the young workers, left the older ones to their own devices and eventually they would all have starved to death on their own. They did no fighting when the Gestapo came for them, they would do no fighting under the circumstances I bring up. My question: Which way will the current Administration go? Leave us alone to make it on our own (we can hope, can't we?), or will they be so lacking of ingenuity that they will copy-cat the Gestapo?