Government Lies?

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Then why does the government keep Social Secruity
seperate from the general fund? It is just moving
money from one to the other?


--- "Coffey, Mitchell R"
<mitchell.coffey at baesystems.com> wrote:
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Tyrone Slothrop
> [mailto:lieutenanttyroneslothrop at yahoo.com]
> >Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2000 8:42 AM
> >To: pynchon
> >Subject: Government Lies?
> >
> >
> >Do we really have a budget surplus? In the general
> >fund the US we collected $1,364 and spent $1,392. A
> >deficit of $28. For Social Secruity we collected
> $239
> >more than we returned to the people. This created a
> >"surplus" of $212.
> >
> >All money listed is in billions of dollars.
> >
> >But the money is Social Secruity is not the
> >government's money. It has to be paid back. Can we
> >really call this a surplus?
> >
> >Let me know if I am wrong.
> 
> All the government's money, less the surplus, has to
> be paid back to
> somebody: employees, contractors, etc.  It's only
> the surplus that isn't
> bugeted to somebody; that's what makes it a surplus.
> 
> Mitchell Coffey


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