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Budget Process

The historical practice of lending Social Security surpluses to the general fund through purchase of Treasury securities.

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Feb 5, 2026

What legal protections prevent presidents from using Social Security funds for non-Social Security programs?

The Social Security system is built on statutory trust funds and a web of legal rules that make unilateral presidential diversion of those funds into unrelated programs legally constrained: trust fund...

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