 social security the piggy bank is empty  after years of borrowing or should i say stealing money from the social security trust fund it appears the fund will have a negative balance later this year as congress continues to spend with reckless abandon the future of social security will force them to make tough decisions on how to solve the projected deficit as alan greenspan previously has stated there were only three choices raise taxes lower benefits or bail out the program by tapping general revenue it would appear congress and the president have another pressing issue they will have to address as we look at social security and its endangered future how confident are you that the same people who couldn t keep their hands out of a trust fund that was supposedly in a lock box can efficiently run a universal health care plan they can t it is just another government program doomed to fail this fall vote for fiscally responsible candidates who will represent your interests submitted for publication to the lansing state journal on march 31 2010 published in the lansing state journal on april 6 2010  