Q. If we wanted wikipedia answers we would go there ourselves.
A. I agree- there are many lazy people on here, the point of Yahoo! answers is for people to give you answers from a variety of experiences, this is not a lookup place for Wikipedia. Why does this happen? Maybe people like Wiki so much that they dont trust anyone else for info to give them points. You should use an encyclopedia plus your own input.
Is there a better site than YA focusing on Science and/or Art related questions?
Q. Is it worth checking out some forum at Nat Geo or Discovery, or some other site i've missed?
Or is Yahoo really the best source of questions/answers ?
Sometimes it just seems like all the sports, spirituality, & dating garbage is distracting here.
Or is Yahoo really the best source of questions/answers ?
Sometimes it just seems like all the sports, spirituality, & dating garbage is distracting here.
A. It is not easy to have direct answers to all questions you meet.
There is a lot of stuff here but not precisely grouped.
If you have the right keywords, wikipedia, wikipedia references, newscientist.com, sciencedaily.com, spacedaily.com, .org and .gov sites etc are there. You should Google for knowledge. Is not totally free, have some time. Because it worths.
There is a lot of stuff here but not precisely grouped.
If you have the right keywords, wikipedia, wikipedia references, newscientist.com, sciencedaily.com, spacedaily.com, .org and .gov sites etc are there. You should Google for knowledge. Is not totally free, have some time. Because it worths.
Did congress during the Clinton administration take funds from social security to balance the budget?
Q. I'm a bit confused on issues concerning why social security is so low now in 2008. If that started with Clinton, possibly to balance the budget. If social security was in trouble before Clinton and if it worsened with Clinton or not...Was checking wikipedia but couldn't get a lot of these questions answered.
A. Yes, they did use Social Security to "balance" the budget. All Congresses have used the Social Security surplus since LBJ.
October 19, 1999
White House, Congress promise not to raid Social Security
Promises vs. realities
"We're still troubled by the CBO analysis that we're using Social Security trust funds, at least $19 billion," admitted Daschle.
"Most government experts acknowledge that Social Security�s trust fund is little more than a ledger entry. Indeed, in last year�s budget documents, experts within the Clinton�s own Office of Management and Budget wrote:
"These balances [within the trust fund] are available to finance future benefit payments and other trust fund expenditures � but only in a bookkeeping sense. Unlike the assets of private pension plans, [government trust funds] do not consist of real economic assets that can be drawn down in the future to fund benefits."
"Here's how the raid works: The surplus payroll tax dollars go into the Social Security Trust Fund, which in turn uses them to buy special issue bonds from the U.S. Treasury.
Then Congress can use those dollars, in the Treasury, to spend on anything it wants. All that Social Security has are the bonds. The bonds pay interest, but Congress raids the interest, too, by simply placing more bonds in the trust fund. The trust fund itself is a FILING CABINET in West Virginia � it doesn't have any real funds in it and you probably shouldn't trust it."
July 29, 2005
"Stop the Raid": Fiction vs. Fact
"FICTION: �Stop the Raid� legislation would increase the federal budget deficit by more than $1 trillion over 10 years, without fixing Social Security�s long-term solvency problem.
FACT: �Stop the Raid� legislation does not increase the long-term national debt. Eliminating hidden borrowing will appear to increase short-term deficits, but this is because Congress only looks a few years into the future when it does its budget. Look a few more years out and neither the amount of spending nor the amount of borrowing will change. The only change is that Congress is forced to report the actual level of its deficit spending instead of using Social Security as a slush fund to conceal part of it from the American people."
October 19, 1999
White House, Congress promise not to raid Social Security
Promises vs. realities
"We're still troubled by the CBO analysis that we're using Social Security trust funds, at least $19 billion," admitted Daschle.
"Most government experts acknowledge that Social Security�s trust fund is little more than a ledger entry. Indeed, in last year�s budget documents, experts within the Clinton�s own Office of Management and Budget wrote:
"These balances [within the trust fund] are available to finance future benefit payments and other trust fund expenditures � but only in a bookkeeping sense. Unlike the assets of private pension plans, [government trust funds] do not consist of real economic assets that can be drawn down in the future to fund benefits."
"Here's how the raid works: The surplus payroll tax dollars go into the Social Security Trust Fund, which in turn uses them to buy special issue bonds from the U.S. Treasury.
Then Congress can use those dollars, in the Treasury, to spend on anything it wants. All that Social Security has are the bonds. The bonds pay interest, but Congress raids the interest, too, by simply placing more bonds in the trust fund. The trust fund itself is a FILING CABINET in West Virginia � it doesn't have any real funds in it and you probably shouldn't trust it."
July 29, 2005
"Stop the Raid": Fiction vs. Fact
"FICTION: �Stop the Raid� legislation would increase the federal budget deficit by more than $1 trillion over 10 years, without fixing Social Security�s long-term solvency problem.
FACT: �Stop the Raid� legislation does not increase the long-term national debt. Eliminating hidden borrowing will appear to increase short-term deficits, but this is because Congress only looks a few years into the future when it does its budget. Look a few more years out and neither the amount of spending nor the amount of borrowing will change. The only change is that Congress is forced to report the actual level of its deficit spending instead of using Social Security as a slush fund to conceal part of it from the American people."
How to delete your yahoo answers account without starting new?
Q. How do I delete all the questions and answers with out starting a new account?
A. You can't.
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