John Boehner R-Ohio, says use Social Security funds to pay for war

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Originally Posted by Riot

I would say Social Security persists because the majority of American citizens over the past 70 years have wanted it to persist. If they did not want it, they could easily have elected representatives that would repeal it. They haven't.

It persists because the govt lacks the funds to pay everyone that has paid into it back. The idea that compassion determines anything that is done in Washington outside of Barney Franks townhouse is laughable.