Comments on: How Your Social Security Money Was Stolen – Where Did the $2.5 Trillion Surplus Go? http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/ Wed, 16 May 2012 22:08:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Congress Robbed Social Security And Doesn't Want To Pay It Back - Page 14 http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-234733 Congress Robbed Social Security And Doesn't Want To Pay It Back - Page 14 Mon, 14 May 2012 02:16:47 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-234733 [...] corrupt and move on? Like I said...Totalitarian state...here we come! Here's an interesting read: How Your Social Security Money Was Stolen – Where Did the $2.5 Trillion Surplus Go? | AmpedSta... Reply With [...] [...] corrupt and move on? Like I said…Totalitarian state…here we come! Here's an interesting read: How Your Social Security Money Was Stolen – Where Did the $2.5 Trillion Surplus Go? | AmpedSta… Reply With [...]

]]> By: Folks Who Aren't Smart Enough To Remember History(recent) are Doomed To Relive It - Page 7 - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-233998 Folks Who Aren't Smart Enough To Remember History(recent) are Doomed To Relive It - Page 7 - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:29:14 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-233998 [...] years. I guess that means you're as wrong as wrong can be now doesn't it. Clinton cooked the books How Your Social Security Money Was Stolen – Where Did the $2.5 Trillion Surplus Go? | AmpedSta... __________________ I must ask what is more dangerous the perceived dangers from the world around [...] [...] years. I guess that means you're as wrong as wrong can be now doesn't it. Clinton cooked the books How Your Social Security Money Was Stolen – Where Did the $2.5 Trillion Surplus Go? | AmpedSta… __________________ I must ask what is more dangerous the perceived dangers from the world around [...]

]]> By: US military cutbacks - Page 24 http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-233808 US military cutbacks - Page 24 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 01:00:38 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-233808 [...] about the excessive military spending and rich tax cuts are what bankrupted Social Security. How Your Social Security Money Was Stolen – Where Did the $2.5 Trillion Surplus Go? Okay, I'm done talking to you after this. You need to read a book or something, seriously. It [...] [...] about the excessive military spending and rich tax cuts are what bankrupted Social Security. How Your Social Security Money Was Stolen – Where Did the $2.5 Trillion Surplus Go? Okay, I'm done talking to you after this. You need to read a book or something, seriously. It [...]

]]> By: HALLDALE41 http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-233753 HALLDALE41 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:24:00 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-233753 TO DOGISMYTH,YOU ARE SO RIGHT,WAKE UP PEOPLE. TO DOGISMYTH,YOU ARE SO RIGHT,WAKE UP PEOPLE.

]]> By: HALLDALE41 http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-233752 HALLDALE41 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:21:00 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-233752 I HAVE BEEN DRAWING SOCIAL SECURITY SINCE 2000 AND ALREADY HAVE DRAWN OUT MORE THAN I PAID IN ,SO HOW CAN YOU CALL IT A PONSI SCHEME, I HAVE BEEN DRAWING SOCIAL SECURITY SINCE 2000 AND ALREADY HAVE DRAWN OUT MORE THAN I PAID IN ,SO HOW CAN YOU CALL IT A PONSI SCHEME,

]]> By: Halldale41 http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-233751 Halldale41 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:17:00 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-233751 you must be a dyed in the wool republican  that doesnt want reagans image to be tarnished. you must be a dyed in the wool republican  that doesnt want reagans image to be tarnished.

]]> By: Halldale41 http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-233750 Halldale41 Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:10:00 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-233750 i have been trying for years to make people understand that politicians including reagan have stolen from social security,but no one wants to lissen,all of these people should be taken out and executed.all there names and family names should be made public,all assets of them and their heirs should be taken from them and paid into the social security program. i have been trying for years to make people understand that politicians including reagan have stolen from social security,but no one wants to lissen,all of these people should be taken out and executed.all there names and family names should be made public,all assets of them and their heirs should be taken from them and paid into the social security program.

]]> By: Michael louridas http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-233646 Michael louridas Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:47:00 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-233646 Thank GOD I'm 81 and on the way out. Horizontally that is! Stop the blame game it's are fault, we voted wrong every time. There is no right way to vote. it's like DAM IF YOU DO AND DAM IF YOU DON'T. So live with it. Staying vertical has become expensive. as for me, I just keep doing what I like, PAINT and DRAW, mostly political cartoons and landscapes, this way I control the pallet, I pick the colors. Thank GOD I’m 81 and on the way out. Horizontally that is! Stop the blame game it’s are fault, we voted wrong every time. There is no right way to vote. it’s like DAM IF YOU DO AND DAM IF YOU DON’T. So live with it. Staying vertical has become expensive. as for me, I just keep doing what I like, PAINT and DRAW, mostly political cartoons and landscapes, this way I control the pallet, I pick the colors.

]]> By: jerry http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-233623 jerry Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:25:00 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-233623 there has been a big uprising about corporation lately,but what the people don't know,is when they vote for one of are two main parties they are voting for a corporation. that is right, we have a corporation goverment. The Democratic National Committee incorporated in the District of Columbia under its operating arm, the DNC Services Corporation.  The Republican National Committee is also incorporated in D.C. as a private entity.  In a two year election cycle 1992-1993 the DNC took in $104 million and the RNC $192 million that doesn't included nonfederal accounts of $37milliom and $52 million respectively. This doesn"t included funds of the state and local parties. Together, the two parites have an income of 1/2 BILLION dollars during each two-year cycle. also we the people should know that congess just got a raise to $174,000 a year and a 231/2 week vacation to go with it. THAT TRANSLATES TO $6,105.26 for each week they actually work,WE CAN,T AFFORD A PART TIME GOVERMENT.  there has been a big uprising about corporation lately,but what the people don’t know,is when they vote for one of are two main parties they are voting for a corporation. that is right, we have a corporation goverment. The Democratic National Committee incorporated in the District of Columbia under its operating arm, the DNC Services Corporation.  The Republican National Committee is also incorporated in D.C. as a private entity.  In a two year election cycle 1992-1993 the DNC took in $104 million and the RNC $192 million that doesn’t included nonfederal accounts of $37milliom and $52 million respectively. This doesn”t included funds of the state and local parties. Together, the two parites have an income of 1/2 BILLION dollars during each two-year cycle. also we the people should know that congess just got a raise to $174,000 a year and a 231/2 week vacation to go with it. THAT TRANSLATES TO $6,105.26 for each week they actually work,WE CAN,T AFFORD A PART TIME GOVERMENT. 

]]> By: Katbell http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-232463 Katbell Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:05:00 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-232463 I agree, RIGHT NOW! This is criminal, they all need to be held accountable! SS works, it needs to be funded, wherever " we the people" decide the funds should come from! Cut out this government spending, get rid of non essentials, stop these wars, cut back and balance this damn budget! This is laughable about what the headlines said about Bernie Maddoff when his Ponzi Scheme was happening, when all along the presidents from Reagan on and congress knew about this! I'm mad as hell, and will tell anyone that will listen! I agree, RIGHT NOW! This is criminal, they all need to be held accountable! SS works, it needs to be funded, wherever ” we the people” decide the funds should come from! Cut out this government spending, get rid of non essentials, stop these wars, cut back and balance this damn budget! This is laughable about what the headlines said about Bernie Maddoff when his Ponzi Scheme was happening, when all along the presidents from Reagan on and congress knew about this! I’m mad as hell, and will tell anyone that will listen!

]]> By: Katbell http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-232464 Katbell Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:05:00 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-232464 I agree, RIGHT NOW! This is criminal, they all need to be held accountable! SS works, it needs to be funded, wherever " we the people" decide the funds should come from! Cut out this government spending, get rid of non essentials, stop these wars, cut back and balance this damn budget! This is laughable about what the headlines said about Bernie Maddoff when his Ponzi Scheme was happening, when all along the presidents from Reagan on and congress knew about this! I'm mad as hell, and will tell anyone that will listen! I agree, RIGHT NOW! This is criminal, they all need to be held accountable! SS works, it needs to be funded, wherever ” we the people” decide the funds should come from! Cut out this government spending, get rid of non essentials, stop these wars, cut back and balance this damn budget! This is laughable about what the headlines said about Bernie Maddoff when his Ponzi Scheme was happening, when all along the presidents from Reagan on and congress knew about this! I’m mad as hell, and will tell anyone that will listen!

]]> By: acriticalthinker http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-232401 acriticalthinker Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:58:00 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-232401 Your analogy is inapt.  I better one, built around your mortgage image, would go like this.  You own a house worth $200,000 with a $170,000 mortgage on it.  You make $50,000 a year, but you "need" $20,000 a year more in order to fund the lifestyle to which you want to become accustomed.  So, imagine that you have a bunch of children and grandchildren (20 actually) and you convince them to "contribute" $1,000 a year to you on the strength of your "full faith and credit" that you will solemnly write and place in a lockbox "special promissory notes" in the full amount of their annual contributions, secured by a second mortgage on your home (oh, and by the way the first mortgage also covers later loans that the first lender may make and also by the way, you take advantage of that and at all times you take out additional loans under the first mortgage and the first mortgage is "under water"  (the amount owed is more than the value of the house).  After 10 years there are $200,000 worth of those special promissory notes in your lockbox (with interest, of course).  Now, do those special promissory notes provide any resources to you to enable you to pay off those special promissory notes?  Or do they merely document the amount that you owe to your children and grandchildren?  It is a very easy question to answer:  they do not provide any resources to pay of what you owe, they merely document the amount you owe.  The special treasury bonds in the Social Security are just like that.  Your analogy is inapt.  I better one, built around your mortgage image, would go like this.  You own a house worth $200,000 with a $170,000 mortgage on it.  You make $50,000 a year, but you “need” $20,000 a year more in order to fund the lifestyle to which you want to become accustomed.  So, imagine that you have a bunch of children and grandchildren (20 actually) and you convince them to “contribute” $1,000 a year to you on the strength of your “full faith and credit” that you will solemnly write and place in a lockbox “special promissory notes” in the full amount of their annual contributions, secured by a second mortgage on your home (oh, and by the way the first mortgage also covers later loans that the first lender may make and also by the way, you take advantage of that and at all times you take out additional loans under the first mortgage and the first mortgage is “under water”  (the amount owed is more than the value of the house).  After 10 years there are $200,000 worth of those special promissory notes in your lockbox (with interest, of course).  Now, do those special promissory notes provide any resources to you to enable you to pay off those special promissory notes?  Or do they merely document the amount that you owe to your children and grandchildren?  It is a very easy question to answer:  they do not provide any resources to pay of what you owe, they merely document the amount you owe.  The special treasury bonds in the Social Security are just like that. 

]]> By: Complete List of David DeGraw’s Reports | David DeGraw http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-232171 Complete List of David DeGraw’s Reports | David DeGraw Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:02:56 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-232171 [...] How Your Social Security Money Was Stolen – Where Did the $2.5 Trillion Surplus Go? [...] [...] How Your Social Security Money Was Stolen – Where Did the $2.5 Trillion Surplus Go? [...]

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]]> By: How Republicans, Democrats and the Mega-Wealthy Stole Your Social Security Money | UFO'S BLOG PAGES AND WEB SITES http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-231937 How Republicans, Democrats and the Mega-Wealthy Stole Your Social Security Money | UFO'S BLOG PAGES AND WEB SITES Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:03:23 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-231937 [...] are reports by Dr. Allen Smith that we have featured over the past two years: I: It’s Time to Tap the Empty Social Security Trust Fund II: The Social Security Fraud Has Finally Been Exposed III: How Ronald Reagan and Alan Greenspan [...] [...] are reports by Dr. Allen Smith that we have featured over the past two years: I: It’s Time to Tap the Empty Social Security Trust Fund II: The Social Security Fraud Has Finally Been Exposed III: How Ronald Reagan and Alan Greenspan [...]

]]> By: Con Artist http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-231898 Con Artist Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:55:58 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-231898 <b>Next you'll tell us all the mortgage payments we made to the bank were spent by the bank and we did not really pay off our mortgages. All we have is worthless cancelled checks. So, we don't own our homes after all and still owe all of our mortgage...</b> Nice try. Next you’ll tell us all the mortgage payments we made to the bank were spent by the bank and we did not really pay off our mortgages. All we have is worthless cancelled checks. So, we don’t own our homes after all and still owe all of our mortgage…

Nice try.

]]> By: Ifa Sango http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-231740 Ifa Sango Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:51:13 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-231740 The American people have three options:(as s start) Mass recall of members of Congress that are not members of the Progressive Democratic Caucus. Immediate creation of and independent monetary system. Which would include boycotting the US Dollar until the Federal Reserve is Disbanded. And US Treasury is put in charge of all monetary policy Armed Struggle. (This almost happened when some elderly seniors where going to turn over the car of then House ways and means committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski) in 2001 I think it was. The American people have three options:(as s start)

Mass recall of members of Congress that are not members of the Progressive Democratic Caucus.

Immediate creation of and independent monetary system. Which would include boycotting the US Dollar until the Federal Reserve is Disbanded. And US Treasury is put in charge of all monetary policy

Armed Struggle. (This almost happened when some elderly seniors where going to turn over the car of then House ways and means committee chairman Dan Rostenkowski) in 2001 I think it was.

]]> By: Truth Only http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-231718 Truth Only Tue, 26 Jul 2011 02:10:17 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-231718 Brad Grifith----Your comments are most accurate however the notion that there is an elitist group of billionaires calling the shots seems unlikely. At least not in an organized and deliberate fashion. If that were true why would they let the golden goose crumble? Don't they have a perfect game here in theory? Wouldn't they take the steps required to continue the rues so they continue to grow wealthier while we continue to toil for they're benefit? Why rock the boat? Brad Grifith—-Your comments are most accurate however the notion that there is an elitist group of billionaires calling the shots seems unlikely. At least not in an organized and deliberate fashion. If that were true why would they let the golden goose crumble? Don’t they have a perfect game here in theory? Wouldn’t they take the steps required to continue the rues so they continue to grow wealthier while we continue to toil for they’re benefit? Why rock the boat?

]]> By: Truth Only http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-231717 Truth Only Tue, 26 Jul 2011 01:43:22 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-231717 While much of this article is true, it is obviously written by a Monihan fan with a Democratic slant. Poor Obama my ass he's just an inexperienced dipshit while the rest of them are shrewd polished crooks. Instead of feeding class warfare with an obvious personal agenda how about some facts?! You say they implemented tax cuts for the ultra rich at the expense of SS. Exactly what tax cuts are you referring too? Isn't it more likely they just did big favors for the people who gave them the money to get elected? I sense the theory is accurate but would like some facts. How did Reagan and Greenspan deliberatly favor the ultra rich with SS revenues. Please be specific? Cut the stupid political rhetoric and give us the facts!! While much of this article is true, it is obviously written by a Monihan fan with a Democratic slant. Poor Obama my ass he’s just an inexperienced dipshit while the rest of them are shrewd polished crooks. Instead of feeding class warfare with an obvious personal agenda how about some facts?! You say they implemented tax cuts for the ultra rich at the expense of SS. Exactly what tax cuts are you referring too? Isn’t it more likely they just did big favors for the people who gave them the money to get elected? I sense the theory is accurate but would like some facts. How did Reagan and Greenspan deliberatly favor the ultra rich with SS revenues. Please be specific? Cut the stupid political rhetoric and give us the facts!!

]]> By: dogismyth http://ampedstatus.org/how-your-social-security-money-was-stolen-where-did-the-2-5-trillion-surplus-go/comment-page-1/#comment-231707 dogismyth Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:19:44 +0000 http://ampedstatus.org/?p=5531#comment-231707 Thanks for confirming the authencity (NOT) of your article by refusing to print my latest comments. Actions speak louder than words, and I thank you for that. At least I know where the truth lies. Thanks for confirming the authencity (NOT) of your article by refusing to print my latest comments. Actions speak louder than words, and I thank you for that. At least I know where the truth lies.

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