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Old 03-03-2006, 11:54 AM
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Default Re: Savings Rate Goes Negative

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Originally Posted by Sweepsplayer
If by "self-financing" you mean that taxpayers fund the accounts and that the federal government, i.e. taxpayers, pay the interest on the funds' investments, then I would agree with you.
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“Self-financing” refers to the fact that those trust funds do not receive any monies from federal income tax dollars or the general fund, but instead are funded by their own separate source.

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