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No, Elon Musk, Social Security Isn’t a “Ponzi Scheme” (inthesetimes.com)

submitted 10 hours ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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Right-wing billionaires have long wanted to shred the safety net. Under Trump, they’re using lies and fears over the deficit to debilitate Social Security.

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[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 6 points 8 hours ago

It’s by definition not unless you consider anything that is paid in to by a group that then pays out to a group a Ponzi scheme. What’s your reasoning?