Fight the Social Security Lies

They're coming fast and furious now, as the austerity hysterics get desperate to force a Grand Bargain that will gut what's left of the New Deal and Great Society.

Digby:

... this fiction is believed among the cognoscenti and therefore extremely destructive. Dean Baker suggested via twitter that you send this fact-filled post called Trusting The Fund: A Citizen's Guide To Social Security's Trust Fund to everyone you know so they can understand reality. (Not that it will do them much good because you'll never get the gasbags and the politicians to understand it, but still ... it's our duty to try.) It starts off by explaining the very important and significant distinction between deficits and debt --- and why you should be very skeptical of people who mix them up. Then it breaks down all the misconceptions about Social Security.