Bankrupt Social Security Administration Sends Managers To Posh, $750,000 Retreat

Jul 13 2009 12:00AM

When AIG does it it’s an indication of the evils and greed of capitalism and headline news around the country. When the federal government does it… http://townhall.com/columnists/AustinHi ... ng_scandal

Last week the Social Security Administration flew approximately 700 of its managers from across the U.S. and Guam to Phoenix, Arizona�s posh Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Resort, for �organizational training.� The event, which included musical entertainment and dancing, skits, catered food, cocktails, and a �casino night� featuring �door prizes,� cost us lowly taxpayers approximately $750,000.

Forget that the Social Security Administration, a division of the U.S. Government to which every American is required by force of law to hand-over a portion of their earnings, has been headed for insolvency for over a decade. Ignore the fact that SSA is estimated to waste hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars each year in faulty �overpayments.�

For the record, the point at which Social Security’s outlays are more than the revenues it collects is seven years away. And this month our one-year national budget deficit crossed the $1 trillion mark for the first time ever.

So yeah. This is a great time for retreats at posh resorts.

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