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Old 08-04-2023, 06:22 AM
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"if"? Which century will they cut useless spending?
# 1 spending is Social Security
#2 is medicare. . .

but its not the spending, its the funding from payrolls which need to be increased.
you can't expect a rate from the 70s with an average life expectancy much lass than today, to pay benefits for the increase in the life expectancy of today. .

There are many spending and funding ways to keep these and to reduce fraud but it doesn't garner votes amongst the large working class population

so good luck to us!