Congress Must Stop Raiding Social Security

Article Excerpt: "...But instead, the majority of senators thought it would be easier to steal $150 billion from the Social Security trust fund, thus moving up the date that that system is scheduled to go bankrupt, and provide a temporary patch to SSDI instead. SSDI spending has grown more than six-fold in the last 40 years, and in the last 10 years alone we’ve added almost 3 million more people to the SSDI payroll. Inflation alone cannot account for this growth rate, and with the advances made in medical technology, enrollment rates should be going down..."

Resource: nationalinterest.org