re: 'You earned it, you keep it act' bill would eliminate taxes on Social Security

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I have been receiving SS retirement (not my only retirement income) for several years. I began paying into the system at age 13 loading trucks with grown men at $1.10 per hour. Guess how those of us who paid into the system, against our will, for 50 plus years feel about your statement.

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Old people’s feelings are why we can’t make any meaningful changes to this system. Guess what gramps, we have paid into the system too, and have never expected to get anything out of it, with every proposed change making it look less and less likely.

And you don’t realize that SSDI payments are also funded from FICA and absolutely a form of welfare. Because you paid a nickel per hour when you were 13, you are going to get yours.