# How can we balance the budget-?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-balance-the-budget/736038>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 29, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-balance-the-budget/736038 "2015-10-29T02:06:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![tooldtocare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@tooldtocare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tooldtocare)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-balance-the-budget/736038/1 "2015-10-29T02:06:38Z")

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**Is Social Security going broke???**

The Federal Government has borrowed over two (2) trillion dollars from the Social Security Trust Fund. Which in itself proves that the Social Security Administration is doing just fine, it generates a surplus every year. SS can continue to do fine without the money our government is paying back.

To get a balanced budget all we have to do is forgive this debt. Remove this debt from the Federal obligation to pay and we free up $billions to finally balance the Federal budget. I am sure the American public would agree,\*\* how about you?\*\*

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-balance-the-budget/736038/2 "2015-10-29T02:15:03Z")

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Reported.

[Double post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773580).

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-balance-the-budget/736038/3 "2015-10-29T02:16:32Z")

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Actually, [triple posted](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=773577).

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2015, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-balance-the-budget/736038/4 "2015-10-29T03:25:33Z")

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**tooldtocare** , I suggest you start caring about where you place your threads. Don’t start multiple threads on the same topic, and start them in the correct forum. This is closed.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator