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Are you going to decline your social security pension when you retire? Or are you just talking shite?
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I'm in my 30s and have fully accepted that there will be no social security payments available for me when I retire, if I ever get to actually retire. Or, they will be so small that it will be a joke.

So you will accept money from a government program that you and I both pay taxes into, even though I will not get money from that program until much later than you. Do you see how taking money from FEMA is not a bailout? Cashing in, yes. Bailout, no. And for what it's worth, I'm not looking to get 100k, just a reasonable slice of the pie that I have put into for years.

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Posted by LSUFanHouston

NOLA

Member since Jul 2009

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Posted on 8/24/16 at 11:21 am to ZekeTheTeke

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So you will accept money from a government program that you and I both pay taxes into, even though I will not get money from that program until much later than you.

If I don't plan on getting money from SS, and you are younger than me, I don't think you will either.

In theory, though, social security was designed to BE a program that paid individual benefits. (Granted, over the years, that's turned out to not be true). However, social security benefits are at least somewhat tied in to your salary and thus your tax payments made over the years into that specific program (up to a cap).

This is opposed to what you are seeking, which is money from the general fund.

This isn't apples to apples, this is apples to alligators.

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