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- From: andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner)
- Newsgroups: pnw.general
- Subject: Re: Tax the rich!
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 18:10:26 GMT
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- "Town Hall had a discussion on SS the other night. One critic
- said that the SS ``trust'' fund is completely gone. Empty!
- Kaput! Drained!"
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- It's a matter of perspective. The surplus of FICA tax income over
- entitlement outgo has been invested in Treasury bonds. In other words,
- "loaned" to the rest of the federal government.
-
- But what else would you do? Say you're the fund manager and you're
- sitting on 100e9 dollars for ten years. You can't stuff
- thousand-dollar bills into your mattress -- you have to invest the
- stuff somewhere. Treasury bonds are the "reasonably prudent"
- investment of choice here.
-
- The interesting question is: are those T-bonds held by the feds
- included in the figure reported as the national debt?
-
- -=- Andrew Klossner (andrew@frip.wv.tek.com)
- (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew)
-