Perfectlap, I did some quick math and SS recipients would have to live to well past 107 years old to get out all the cash they put into the program. Now Medicare might be a different animal, but SS is not going well because the fund's been robbed from repeatedly by Congress through the years.
Am I not correct on this?
BTW, In the worst recession since the great depression, one would think the First Lady would curtail her overseas travel to show the country she's cutting back like the rest of us are FORCED to do.
[Disclaimer: I dislike both parties in our two-party system with a vengeance so don't think my Obama bashing means I'm a tea party backer. Every seated congressman should be forced out of office next November. I'm all for what
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