doug or Turk

Warning... RANT ON mode...🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Okay... looks like there is a generational war a brewing... "Boomers" want what they were promised and paid into Social Security. Ok Fair enough. Boomers want Gen Z workers to pay higher taxes to maintain their SS benefits. I don't think that's right. Okay... everabody STOP. Put the blame where it belongs. NONE OF THIS WOULD BE AN ISSUE IF THE GOVERNMENT WAS NOT STEALING FROM THE "LOCK BOX". Not only that- when Social Security collects more in payroll taxes than it pays out in benefits, that extra money is supposed to go into the Trust Fund. The surplus is automatically taken, Treasury spends it on general government operations. They replace the money with IOUs (special‑issue Treasury bonds) The real cash is gone. Future taxpayers must repay the IOUs later. So WE are paying TWICE. What. A. Scam. This has been happening every single year Social Security had a surplus since 1984. Now they want Gen Z to pay higher taxes to fix the hole they created? Nah- F that. Do US taxpayers get any kind of monthly, quarterly or yearly dividen on loans MADE OUT TO OTHER COUNTRIES using US taxpayers money ? No, they do not. U.S. taxpayers are giving free loans to foreign countries. We get ZERO dividend, zero return, and zero benefits from our money being used. Even when the loan has interest, the Treasury keeps it, not taxpayers. If they forgive the loan the taxpayers eat it. Taxpayers fund the loan. Taxpayers take the risk. Taxpayers get nothing. ZERO dividend. ZERO yield. ZERO profit. ZERO payout. ZERO tax reduction. BIG FAT ZERO. .00 In the meantime-- American taxpayers are literally on payment plans to pay their f'ing taxes if they don't they can lose EVERYTHING. It's obscene Lets review... The U.S. spent about $2.3 Trillion on Afghanistan and ~$196B on Ukraine. Federal spending on undocumented immigrant health care over the last 20 years is about $50–60B The U.S. lost about $135B to COVID fraud — the largest theft of public funds in American history. $247 billion misused / wasted / improperly paid USAID...70 BILLION stolen The Covid 19 weaponization cost this country 13 Trillion. The U.S. has blown over $16 trillion, ripped from US taxpayers. And yes, that could have kept Social Security funded for generations. My head hurts... rant off. 🥴