Congress needs to stop raiding Social Security

Since the 1940s, Congress has been taking, oops, borrowing money from the Social Security system with no intention of paying it back to help with their little earmarks they sneak in on each bill before they would sign it.

For years we have been hearing how our Social Security system is going broke. We have also heard that since people are living longer they need to raise the retirement age to 70 to help offset this gap in money.

The Bible tells about people who lived to 900-plus years, but don't tell that to those politicians in Washington. If they found out, they could raise the retirement age to 500 in hopes of getting more money out of the system. Instead, tell your representatives to stop adding to each bill and vote only on what's in front of them.

Clem DeMuth

Earlville