how can social security be self funded ( literally the only reason it’s going to “run out” of money ) and be 21% - really, any percent - of the federal budget?
Kathleen Romig, who’s with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, thinks something like that has to happen again. You know, Social Security represents 21% of the federal budget, so Romig says it’s just too big to let it fail
either it has its own budget, or it doesn’t. would that we spent 21% of government expenditures on care for retirees ( instead of say the military )
Not only that, but Social Security is the single-largest holder of US federal government debt. Social Security holds something like 2-3 trillion $ of the federal debt. So how could it be part of the budget?
According to the NYT, Vallas is a (white) knight in shining armor, having improved education in multiple cities, including Chicago, despite being thwarted by the teachers union, and is now the man to beat, running against “an ex-teacher”. More about that ‘ex-teacher’:
Mr. Johnson, a paid organizer for the last 12 years with the Chicago Teachers Union
Hmmmm.
For those who don’t know, “Abbott Elementary” is based on Quinta Brunson’s experiences growing up in Philly schools during Vallas’ time there. Enough said.
The A section always puts the domestic stuff after the foreign news. So the most important domestic stories (that don’t make it onto the front page) will get “buried” in A13 or later.
