Author: John Tamny

By John Tamny John Tamny is editor of RealClearMarkets, Political Economy editor at Forbes and Founder of the Parkview Institute. This article was orignally published at The Parkview Institute Let’s start with the obvious, now and in the future Social Security payments aren’t remotely imperiled. It’s said here over and over again, but rates saying once again, that the surest sign that present and future Social Security payments (including COLA increases) are safe and sound is the certain lack of a “lockbox” or “trust fund.” In the past, Social Security collections that weren’t sent out to retirees were predictably spent by…