Originally Posted by FighterHayabusa

So let's get this straight, we elect an official that raises the social security tax from 3% to 15% and various other things that for the sake of argument are gross mismanagement. All of these things they do right in front of our noses. This is exactly equal to private citizen Ponzi saying he has a wonderful investment, the old investors are paid not by the returns they think they are getting, but by money from the new investors, and in reality it's just Ponzi spending it on luxury goods for himself? I'm sorry, sounds like a reach. The onus is not on me to look back to the past if you're trying to prove this claim, so you may as well enlighten me.