I assume “Other purposes” is govt kickbacks to mining and gas companies 😬

  • @MooseBoys
    link
    182 years ago

    USA:

    Defense: |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| ||||||||
    Boomer Welfare: |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| ||||||||
    Interest on Debt: |||||||| ||||||||
    Everything Else: |
    
    • @Jonna
      link
      52 years ago

      As yet, social security is still a SELF-FUNDING program that lends money to the general fund. I’m gen-x, not a boomer. Stop buying into generational warfare. We have more in common with working class boomers than with gen Z tech bros.

      • @MooseBoys
        link
        8
        edit-2
        2 years ago

        social security is still a SELF-FUNDING program

        It’s also had negative cash flow for the last decade despite exponentially growing future obligations, and is currently trending towards insolvency by 2033. That’s what happens when you detach expenditures from taxes. So while boomers are simultaneously enjoying low taxes and reaping the benefits of social security, the fund will run out of money before it can have any chance of paying out for millennials. It’s not like the social security taxes I’m paying now are being “set aside” for me - they’re going directly into the welfare checks for my parents.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          32 years ago

          and what’s wrong with “social services” having a negative cash flow? It’s to help people in need, that’s the entire purpose of taxes, to help the community/country. why do people think that any government systems should be positive cash flow like it’s a business? LOL

          • @dragonflyteaparty
            link
            1
            edit-2
            2 years ago

            Pretty sure they aren’t upset at the government not turning a profit or taking care of people.

            social security is still a SELF-FUNDING program

            [Insolvency is] what happens when you detach expenditures from taxes.

            So while boomers are simultaneously enjoying low taxes and reaping the benefits of social security, the fund will run out of money before it can have any chance of paying out for millennials.

            It’s not like the social security taxes I’m paying now are being “set aside” for me

      • @[email protected]
        link
        fedilink
        6
        edit-2
        2 years ago

        As someone who has spent a lot of their time around wanna be gen z tech bros, 99% of people have more in common with a damn antelope than gen z tech bros, especially the fanatically devoted ones. Those guys make some Jonestown people look like they aren’t weren’t in a cult