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I think it's time for America to cut social security altogether (serious)
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:19 pm
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:19 pm
The problem is neither party wants to upset the boomer generation. And I'm totally against raising the SS tax by 2% just so it's intact for another 75 years.
Why are we procrastinating about a problem that's been plaguing us since 1989? Are both parties afraid of losing voters?
Why are we procrastinating about a problem that's been plaguing us since 1989? Are both parties afraid of losing voters?
This post was edited on 8/12/24 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:21 pm to John Madden SuperFan
good luck with that and winning
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:22 pm to John Madden SuperFan
Idk what the solution is, but I’d at least like the ability to opt out.
With the amount that a middle to upper middle class individual is donating to the American government for SS, millions of dollars per person are being lost over the course of a career.
With the amount that a middle to upper middle class individual is donating to the American government for SS, millions of dollars per person are being lost over the course of a career.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:22 pm to John Madden SuperFan
How about we stop letting people collect from it that never contributed?
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:22 pm to John Madden SuperFan
I’m fine with it if I get the 200,000 dollars that I’ve paid in over the last 30 years!
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:22 pm to John Madden SuperFan
It just needs tweaked. It’s currently not worth it but many variables are affecting that like high inflation, government spending, fraud, and many other things.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:22 pm to John Madden SuperFan
Sure just give me all I’ve paid into it first
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:23 pm to John Madden SuperFan
Tell you what:
Give me back what I’ve paid into it over the past 40 years - nothing more nothing less. I won’t even ask for interest. Then end the program so we don’t have to pay anymore. Then we have a deal.
Give me back what I’ve paid into it over the past 40 years - nothing more nothing less. I won’t even ask for interest. Then end the program so we don’t have to pay anymore. Then we have a deal.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:23 pm to John Madden SuperFan
It's an intergenerational ponzi scheme that will be all dried up by the time my generation is eligible to collect it. So yeah, abolish that bullshite and give every cent back to each American that paid into it.
This post was edited on 8/12/24 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:25 pm to John Madden SuperFan
Pay me back what I’ve paid in to it tomorrow, I’m in.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:25 pm to John Madden SuperFan
Im 58 and the first year of Gen X. I’ve paid in an absolute shitload of money in to SS. It would be millions if it was in an index fund all these years. I have to get my SS as part of my retirement.
How exactly can it just be cut off for people in my age bracket?
How exactly can it just be cut off for people in my age bracket?
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:25 pm to John Madden SuperFan
We should be allocating that money to young, productive people. We’re currently paying rich people to not work. It’s arse backwards if we’re going to have an entitlement like that.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:26 pm to John Madden SuperFan
You mean upsetting the generation that funds SS?
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:26 pm to John Madden SuperFan
I’ve paid into that black hole for 30 yrs. I better get something out of it.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:26 pm to John Madden SuperFan
You mean you've been paying in all this time and you're willing to give it away? I want my fricking money. People act like we're getting govt funded shite.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:27 pm to John Madden SuperFan
Stop spending hundreds of billions of dollars on stupid dumb shite that does absolutely nothing for American people
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:28 pm to John Madden SuperFan
I am not a boomer but would like 25 years of SS tax I paid back
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:28 pm to John Madden SuperFan
You need to cut SSI that feeds half of the world population. Even wealthy people from other countries come here, hide their assets, and receive SSI.
This post was edited on 8/12/24 at 10:19 pm
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:29 pm to John Madden SuperFan
SS would be fine if the politicians didn't use it for a slush fund to enrich themselves and their rich buddies.
Posted on 8/12/24 at 9:30 pm to John Madden SuperFan
It needs to be phased out over about a 40 year period to avoid screwing everyone that paid in. If you're 25 now and have only been paying in significantly for 3 years, your benefit wouldn't be much, but you could invest yourself for the next 40 years. If you're near retirement, you'd get what you were promised.
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