So...all the treasury has to do is keep making payments on those bonds. Somehow.
The Savings Gap - Americans Not Saving Enough for Retirement
Re: The Savings Gap - Americans Not Saving Enough for Retire
by Spider » Sun Jun 02, 2013 2:29 pm
Technically, the only thing that goes into the general fund are SS surpluses. The upside is that the surpluses have generated however many billions in interest over the years for SS, rather than sitting there in cash getting torched by inflation.
So...all the treasury has to do is keep making payments on those bonds. Somehow.
So...all the treasury has to do is keep making payments on those bonds. Somehow.
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Re: The Savings Gap - Americans Not Saving Enough for Retire
by The Dude » Sun Jun 02, 2013 7:35 pm
It's not that Americans aren't saving enough, it's that they're not earning enough to save.
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Re: The Savings Gap - Americans Not Saving Enough for Retire
by The Dharma Bum » Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:19 am
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Re: The Savings Gap - Americans Not Saving Enough for Retire
by Winchester » Mon Jun 03, 2013 9:06 am
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Re: The Savings Gap - Americans Not Saving Enough for Retire
by Kane » Mon Jun 03, 2013 2:23 pm
From what world do you expect inflation to come from?
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Re: The Savings Gap - Americans Not Saving Enough for Retire
by Winchester » Mon Jun 03, 2013 4:40 pm
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Re: The Savings Gap - Americans Not Saving Enough for Retire
by The Dharma Bum » Mon Jun 03, 2013 5:13 pm
It's being held artificially low.
Do you imagine there will be no consequences for that?
Do you imagine there will be no consequences for that?
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