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Old 01-17-2025, 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by REDCART View Post
As I understand the issue. The US Gvt borrowed and repaid the funds it borrowed from the SS Trust funds. The scandal, for lack of a better name, was that the US Gvt borrowed these funds at less than the prevailing rate of interest. You think there was a slight conflict of interest? Would the difference in the interest rate have made a serious difference?
Federal government won’t pay interest on federal money nor are there any penalties. On the other hand the tax payers one that suffer.