Comment by JumpCrisscross
14 hours ago
Neither of those are full faith and credit guarantees. Congress can nullify them in a way it Constitutionally cannot actual debts.
14 hours ago
Neither of those are full faith and credit guarantees. Congress can nullify them in a way it Constitutionally cannot actual debts.
SS and Medicare aren’t debts either in that sense. Congress can reduce benefits if they please.
In Flemming v. Nestor SCOTUS ruled that SS benefits are not guaranteed contractual rights but are instead statutory entitlements that Congress may modify or revoke.