The Ponzi Scheme of “Unfunded Liabilities”

There is no bigger Ponzi scheme than those operated by the Federal government – Social Security and Medicare. Both programs are nothing but an inverted pyramid with money from new contributions going to pay withdrawals. The only difference is that Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff didn’t force people to give them money.

However, the eventual result will be the same, just on a much larger scale. As the withdrawals inevitably swamp the new contributions, both programs will end in disaster and disgrace.
And for that matter, what is the difference from Madoff’s scheme and that of the big banks who have finally had to admit that their own financial statements were bogus and many of their “assets” worthless.

If nothing else, I hope that people are finally waking up to the fact that in a fiat money system, the entire economy is based on a Ponzi scheme of ever-expanding debt.