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valleyrogue

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6. No fed program can go "broke," JFC.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:33 PM

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Money can be gotten from the general fund. Ditto for SS.

I am so sick of this "insolvency" bullshit when the government prints the currency.

Fucking ignorant "reporters" with an agenda.

Fortune magazine. Consider the source.

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