What session of congress is responsible for taking money from the social security trust fund?

[jimbo]

Congress is taking money from the social security trust fund to sponser their pork barrel programs. We need to make it public knowledge who is doing this and when they are doing it.

[Vangaurd]

Make the old people afraid! Make them afraid the death panels and the death book is coming to get them!

Medicare is a government program.

Social Security is a government program.

George W. Bush wanted to raid the social security trust fund and put it in the STOCK MARKET.
And in answer to your question, none of which I am aware.
Response: Yes, their own money that they would have LOST. Most people are not Wall Street Tycoons.

[Oscar]

That is such old news, It has been known for decades that they were skimming off of Social Security. only about 30% of it now goes to the people who pay anything in for it.

[manwithnoname]

Sorry, but the lies from vangurl need to be corrected.

Bush wanted to give people their OWN retirement money for them to invest.
Keep in mind that there places to invest in addition to the stock market. One could buy commodities. You can even buy real estate inside a retirement account. With the depressed price of houses now would be a good time to buy.

Years ago Congress put the SS money in to the general fund and has been using it (and more) ever since. I don't expect to see any money ever from SS so anything I get will be a bonus to my investments.

I get what you're saying about the pork, but one man's pork is another man's bacon. What we need to do is look at govt. spending more critically and realize that while it will hurt to cut programs, it will hurt more when we can no longer afford them because our credit is used up.