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Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:17 pm to Scruffy
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Yall are some greedy fricks, IMO.
It's not greedy to pay into something for 40 years, hundreds of thousands then say it's eleminated. Give me back the $$ I've put into it plus interest. Then I can retire. Teachers, school bus drivers, retail store owners survive off of that income.
This post was edited on 3/20/26 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:17 pm to TigerintheNO
Delay benefits by raising the retirement age.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:17 pm to TigerintheNO
The current cap on earned income for SS is $184,500. If the cap was kept, but began again at $500,000 of w-2 income, the plan would be self-sufficient well into the future. The weanies on both sides are scared to do this. Most American pay on 100% on the salaries.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:17 pm to Cosmo
Why save money for when you old and cant do anything?
Spend it now. And then rob banks when you turn 60.
Spend it now. And then rob banks when you turn 60.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:17 pm to PSS101
So you guys cool just letting it fall on its own and govt announcing bankruptcy?
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:18 pm to 60tiger
quote:was just 137k in 2020. We are getting robbed blind
The current cap on earned income for SS is $184,500.
For reference it was 87,900 in 2004.
This post was edited on 3/20/26 at 12:20 pm
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:21 pm to PSS101
quote:you know it is a broken program.
It's not greedy to pay into something for 40 years, hundreds of thousands then say it's eleminated. Give me back the $$ I've put into it plus interest. Then I can retire. Teachers, school bus drivers, retail store owners survive off of that income.
You know it is a massive Ponzi scheme.
You know it is a massive economic impact on younger generations because you went through it.
You know it needs to be abolished.
But you have to get yours even though you know all of that.
If that isn’t greed, I don’t what is.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:21 pm to fareplay
National debt is already at 38 trillion
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:22 pm to Scruffy
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If that isn’t greed, I don’t what is.
I'm not greedy. The government is.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:25 pm to NIH
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You guys live in some kind of fantasy land. Neither party in power has any appetite to piss off older voters.
This is the core problem. They have known this train was heading straight for a cliff for DECADES and there were plenty of rational compromise fixes available BUT this is a third rail political issue and no politician or candidate wants to go anywhere near it for fear that the blue hairs will revolt against them and they will be removed from the echelons of power. So they just ramp up the graft, kick the can down the road and sleep better knowing the fallout won't rain down on them and their kids.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:25 pm to PSS101
quote:100%
The government is.
quote:Recognizing everything I posted and still demanding that you get yours is definitely greed.
I'm not greedy.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:26 pm to TTB
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Pretty sure they said the same thing six years ago. And six years before that…
6 years ago they said it was 12 years away
12 years ago they said it was 18 years away.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:27 pm to TigerintheNO
Don't give any money to the US citizens who struggle every day. But definitely write a blank check to the military and for Israel, no matter what.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:29 pm to BurlesonCountyAg
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Or what about cutting fraud, waste, and abuse?
How will we operate Learing Centers?
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:30 pm to TigerintheNO
All of it was used as intended and not paid out to those who don’t pay in while working or use it for their slush funds, it wouldn’t run out.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:31 pm to Warfox
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SSI Disability and Dual Disability needs to be SEVERELY reformed, and anyone defrauding the system needs to burn.
The amount of healthy people under the age of 65 collecting SS disability benefits is staggering. It’s an underground economy that drains as much as 1/3 of the benefits paid each year.
Yet, no one seems to notice or care.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:32 pm to TigerintheNO
quote:How much will a $40K difference even be worth over a lifetime when someone born in 2051 reaches retirement age?
The generational tradeoff nobody wants to talk about
None of this comes free. The gains from aggressive reform flow primarily to younger and future workers, while current retirees and near-retirees absorb the losses. Under Option A, a 60-year-old middle-income earner today loses $30,745 in lifetime value. Under Option E, that same person loses $60,970.?
For someone born in 2051, those options produce lifetime gains of $42,025 and $81,932, respectively—in the same middle-income bracket.?
This post was edited on 3/20/26 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:33 pm to TigerintheNO
Almost every single person end up taking way more than they put in. What could possibly go wrong?
Posted on 3/20/26 at 12:37 pm to jwalk38
quote:I mean, that's the whole idea, in theory. The government takes your money and invests it for you, so there is more of it later. It wouldn't make any sense at all if you got the same or less than you put in.
Almost every single person end up taking way more than they put in. What could possibly go wrong?
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