Needing money for that, LBJ merged the Social Security Trust Fund with the unified budget process. In plain English, democrat lbLBJ stripped out all the considerable cash in the Social Security Trust Fund and replaced it with government IOUs (bonds, as we know them). That system exists to this day. In algore’s words, he robbed the lock-box!
So, LBJ lost the war in Vietnam, the War on Poverty and the huge cache of cash in the Social Security Trust Fund. And what was the result of that leadership by our Democrat President and his Party? The breakup of the family, a dramatic increase in crime, a "poverty caste" and, Social Security "running out of money."
So, in 1984, high income families started paying income taxes on 50% of their Social Security income. In 1994 that was increased to 85%, subject to taxation at the taxpayer’s usual federal income tax rate. And once adding the disabled to Social Security made a lot of sense, and sensibility. Then the politicians and bureaucrats, as they always do to increase their power, broadening benefits. Things went from "unable to work" to "unable to work at the last job you held." In other words, an injured police officer could get benefits for life, even if he was perfectly capable of doing a desk job. Many very capable people have since gone from work to benefits.
Elon Musk and his Dept of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have targeted Social Security files for auditing, to let the country know if there is, or isn't, any fraud or waste. The left-wing/democrats, lying--AGAIN (and again, and again, and again...etc)--say Musk/Trump want to take stop Social Security, have gone to their left-wing judges to shut down that effort. Apparently they support and want more fraud and waste. That’s where it currently stands.
So why everyone wouldn’t support DOGE’s efforts? If there are improprieties, we need to know about them and immediately take corrective action. If there are no improprieties, better yet. Just tell us! We can all celebrate together. Indeed, clean Social Security files can serve as an oasis of unity in our very divided nation.
But preliminary reviews of Social Security files have raised a few questions. There are literally millions of "accounts" with beneficiaries over the age of 100; an impossibility. Of course, that, in and of itself, is not proof of fraud. It does however hint of carelessness, ineptness and incompleteness. Again, apparently what neo-liberals/democrats support and want more of.
America is entitled to a "clean" audit, with equally clean audit results! The Social Security administration is entitled to state-of-the-art computer systems. File storage needs to be electronic, not in mountain caves --- literally. Will obstructionist left-wing/democrat judiciary prevail much longer? Shouldn't our country,with Lincoln's government "by the people, of the people and for the people" get its deserved transparency?
Hands on Social Security!
Supplemental Info:
https://heartland.org/opinion/brenton-smith-social-securitys-clock-is-ticking-why-its-not-getting-fixed/
https://dailyhodl.com/2025/06/04/ray-dalio-says-america-is-going-broke-warns-us-facing-emerging-problem-of-rising-debt-and-interest-costs/
https://thefederalist.com/2025/06/04/ohios-apparent-medicaid-fraud-is-exactly-why-congress-must-increase-medicaid-scrutiny/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ohios-apparent-medicaid-fraud-is-exactly-why-congress-must-increase-medicaid-scrutiny&utm_term=2025-06-04
In the 1960's President Lyndon B. Johnson was fighting 2 very expensive wars simultaneously; the war in Vietnam and The War on Poverty also known as the great society.
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