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35. ... then someone would have figured out how to steal it.

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Fri Jan 22, 2016, 01:13 PM

Jan 2016

That's how we make billionaires in the U.S.A.

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If the Social Security fund was invested in the stock market...? [View all] kentuck Jan 2016 OP

Perhaps this should be a poll. eom guillaumeb Jan 2016 #1

If it had been invested in 1940s, we'd all be retired and able to withstand a 20% cut. But Hoyt Jan 2016 #2

Except that if Wall Street gets their hands on SS there will be significant fees... Human101948 Jan 2016 #10

I would not want SS in the stock market. But if I knew someone who could turn my $200 in savings Hoyt Jan 2016 #14

Yes, if they could guarantee that they would not share it with you... Human101948 Jan 2016 #16

Money doesn't just spontaneously become more money. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #24

If they ever understand it. You won't get many people alive today who will work for bartered Hoyt Jan 2016 #26

I'm skeptical of the assumption ronnie624 Jan 2016 #27

not quite Travis_0004 Jan 2016 #3

Without government bailouts and intervention in 2008-2009... kentuck Jan 2016 #5

I dont disagree Travis_0004 Jan 2016 #8

fund? enid602 Jan 2016 #4

Yes. kentuck Jan 2016 #7

Had it been a "lock box" from the start TBF Jan 2016 #12

Blame LBJ and his "unified budget" NT 1939 Jan 2016 #15

fund enid602 Jan 2016 #21

Are you being facetious? A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #23

Revenue for SS goes into the general fund. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #29

Calling a US Treasury security an "IOU".... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #31

The SS website ronnie624 Jan 2016 #32

No, by definition they are anything BUT IOU's A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #36

Essentially, ronnie624 Jan 2016 #37

No, my "problem" is you are wrong A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #42

The info you posted, which I read long ago, ronnie624 Jan 2016 #43

"ideologically driven views"?!? A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #49

Sorry, but I never made it past the emoticons. n/t ronnie624 Jan 2016 #56

Too bad. I managed to learn something from the text. LiberalAndProud Jan 2016 #57

Thank you. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #58

Okay, I went back and read it, ronnie624 Jan 2016 #59

..... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #63

Do you utilize ad hominem attacks ronnie624 Jan 2016 #67

..... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #69

That isn't going to mitigate the damage to your credibility. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #73

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Does the US Government put IOU's in a box to pay the Chinese for their loans? kentuck Jan 2016 #64

Make your point. Don't be scurd. n/t ronnie624 Jan 2016 #66

My point is: kentuck Jan 2016 #68

Why...they're IOU's! A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #70

I'm not sure. I'll look into that. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #71

Of course you're not sure A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #72

Lol. n/t ronnie624 Jan 2016 #74

Say, A HERETIC I AM... KansDem Jan 2016 #76

Outside of the fact that he probably thought it was charming.... A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #79

Whut? dumbcat Jan 2016 #50

You're right. I'm wrong. A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #52

They are not marketable, and thus have no market value dumbcat Jan 2016 #54

Let me help you a bit further; A HERETIC I AM Jan 2016 #55

the "market" here is "US Treasury Bonds" and as long as those are "marketable" Warren Stupidity Jan 2016 #60

You don't even know what a market is dumbcat Jan 2016 #61

The selective, ideologically driven ignorance is truly perplexing, at times. n/t ronnie624 Jan 2016 #62

there are winners and losers in the world tk2kewl Jan 2016 #6

Why? whatthehey Jan 2016 #9

This is an amazingly ignorant post nadinbrzezinski Jan 2016 #11

Bernie, with his hammer and sickle Doctor_J Jan 2016 #13

Way Too Much Money ProfessorGAC Jan 2016 #17

Why the f*ck would I want my SS money to go towards paying Glassunion Jan 2016 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Corruption Inc Jan 2016 #19

The GOP accuses us of picking winners and losers?!?!?!?! CommonSenseDemocrat Jan 2016 #20

I wittnessed the immediate aftermath of Katrina. I saw many, many square MILES bvar22 Jan 2016 #22

Social Security is an insurance fund, not a retirement fund... haele Jan 2016 #25

Social Security is an insurance policy against poverty in one's senior years Samantha Jan 2016 #41

You know they'd hire some gov't contractor to handle it BuelahWitch Jan 2016 #28

I asked that question in 2008 if Social Security had been privatized as Bush* wanted Samantha Jan 2016 #30

and it would all have been more than regained, with dividends whatthehey Jan 2016 #38

Right. kentuck Jan 2016 #39

If you needed all of it in one year, it should have been in bonds whatthehey Jan 2016 #44

Some people on Social Security must have their money on time Samantha Jan 2016 #40

I'm not sure why timeliness is affected by diversified investment. whatthehey Jan 2016 #45

I want them collateralized with CDOs, 400 trillion $$$ of that sloshing around in the markets. bemildred Jan 2016 #33

Why is this even a question on a Democratic website? FSogol Jan 2016 #34

... then someone would have figured out how to steal it. hunter Jan 2016 #35

It doesn't work that way FreeJoe Jan 2016 #46

Depends when it was invested madville Jan 2016 #47

I would have a problem investing my SS money into companies that outsource American B Calm Jan 2016 #48

if social security (and disability) were invested in the stock market, I would have a hollysmom Jan 2016 #51

At the time of receiving benefits the person's funds would not be invested in RB TexLa Jan 2016 #53

Sort of like mortgage securities? kentuck Jan 2016 #65

Never Trust Someone Whose Paycheck Relies On Your Money cantbeserious Jan 2016 #77

Wall Street's function used to be Turbineguy Jan 2016 #78