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Originally Posted by CoachKandSportsguy
# 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!
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At the moment, aren't those running surpluses including the trust fund? The deficit spending and negative credit rating is from other outlays.