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Originally Posted by Cali Coug

I already detailed quite a few problems with your numbers. The fact that the Iraq war isn't included (or Afghanistan for that matter) makes the numbers almost useless, wouldn't you agree? I don't imagine we are waging those wars for free.

It also depends on what you are using for comparison purposes. SS, while it could be characterized as an "entitlement program" by some, has its own source of revenue. It isn't part of the budget for the use of income tax (which is what the budget is really addressing). The president began incorporating SS into the budget to make military spending appear to be a smaller percentage of the budget during Vietnam. It has stayed that way since.

SS is not self-sufficient, so it's disingenuous to argue, "well, it has its own source of revenue." It's going to require a staggering increase in workers or a tremendous burden upon workers to keep it even near sufficient.