James Surowiecki - Unlike most government programs, Social Security and, in part, Medicare are funde...

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Unlike most government programs, Social Security and, in part, Medicare are funded by payroll taxes dedicated specifically to them. Some of the tax revenue pays for current benefits; anything that's left over goes into trust funds for the future. The programs were designed this way for political reasons.

James Surowiecki

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Im Gegensatz zu den meisten staatlichen Programmen werden die Sozialversicherung und teilweise auch Medicare durch Lohnsteuern finanziert, die speziell für sie vorgesehen sind. Ein Teil der Steuereinnahmen zahlt sich für die laufenden Leistungen aus. Alles, was übrig bleibt, fließt in die Treuhandfonds für die Zukunft. Die Programme wurden aus politischen Gründen so konzipiert.

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