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The Lock Box and Other Delusions
Cato Institute Link to more items from this source
[Opinion]
Sept. 20, 2001

"Another widespread misconception is that the Social Security surplus can somehow be secluded in a 'lock box' by using it to pay off government debt. Lower debt, so the argument goes, means lower future interest payments. Wrong.... [P]ast Social Security surpluses have been spent, not used for debt retirement. And future surpluses will soon disappear."  MORE >>

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