The Trustees estimate that there are only adequate funds in Social Security to meet 80% of benefits in 2035. Projection is that Social Security will be out of adequate cash flow to meet obligations to retirees by 2035 - just 13 years from now. The cash shortfall of Medicare in 2021 was $409 billion. 6 investigation monopolizes media attention, on June 3 the Trustees of Medicare and Social Security issued their annual report.īoth systems are bankrupt and in dismal shape financially. If these members of Congress really cared about our principles of freedom and democracy, they wouldn't be ignoring every day other pressing matters in which the freedom of American citizens is blatantly violated. There are just 24 hours in any day, so time taken on one matter means attention not given to other matters. Really? Against a civil war where some three-quarters of a million Americans were killed, fighting over what American freedom is about, one incident of a few hours, where law enforcement finally prevailed, was one of our "darkest days"? 6 incident was "one of the darkest days of our democracy." The committee has already announced on its website that the Jan. The public material of the committee already reeks of motivations other than seeking truth. It is indeed possible that infractions of law can be investigated without a carnival platform designed to mobilize media and national attention. Is the sole concern the ideals of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States? Or is it to get media to attack and undermine political opponents? 6 Attack on the United States Capitol starts public hearings, we must ask what motivates those on the committee.
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