Monday, July 28, 2014

CBO v. Social Security Administration

Apparently the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) cannot agree on the basic metrics of the program:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-28/social-security-versus-cbo-who-do-you-trust

If you think the US government is going to fix our many problems (including the SS shortfall), you are far more optimistic than I.

Here's what I think is going on: our "leaders" have bigger fish to fry. Consider this recent statement by a Putin adviser:

One person close to Mr Putin said the Yukos ruling was insignificant in light of the bigger geopolitical stand-off over Ukraine.

“There is a war coming in Europe,” he said. “Do you really think this matters?”

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-28/shocking-reason-putin-isnt-worried-about-50-billion-yukos-ruling

There is a huge global war on the horizon. In that context, do you think the US government gives a damn about what happens to SS recipients?

http://www.infowars.com/social-security-administration-to-purchase-174-thousand-rounds-of-hollow-point-bullets/

How many people have ever attacked a Social Security office? Not many? So why does the SSA need all these bullets? For target practice?

http://youtu.be/EKXZoSDUbK8

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