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re: Social Security has 6 years left, cut benefits or raise taxes?
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:19 pm to CatfishJohn
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:19 pm to CatfishJohn
quote:Did those elderly take care of themselves or did they let the money they earned burn a hole in their pockets?
American culture sadly doesn't take care of our elderly like other countries
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Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:20 pm to SlowFlowPro
Every response further proves my point.
All of the “conservatives” on here are willing to reform it only if they get theirs.
It is greed.
They give zero shits about their children.
All of the “conservatives” on here are willing to reform it only if they get theirs.
It is greed.
They give zero shits about their children.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:21 pm to CatfishJohn
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American culture sadly doesn't take care of our elderly like other countries. We'd have a lot of homeless and destitute old people out there.
Disneyworld wouldn’t exist if olds weren’t paying for their grandkids to go
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:21 pm to Colonel Angus
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They've been saying this since the late 80s
The whole idea of there actually being a "Social Security Trust Fund" has been a fiction for longer than that.
Fact is, as long as basically every Western/First World nation has something similar (they all do, of course) we will have Social Security.
If I were allowed to cast a vote today to end it and walk away with zilch, I certainly would. I understand reality, though.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:22 pm to Y.A. Tittle
quote:Well, yea.
If I were allowed to cast a vote today to end it and walk away with zilch, I certainly would. I understand reality, though.
It is an impossible task, as we can clearly see from the responses in this thread.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:24 pm to TigerintheNO
I'm not a boomer, but lots of bashing them in this thread. Ya'll understand boomers didn't start social security, don't ya'll?
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:26 pm to Mushroom1968
quote:Absolutely, but they are a massive voting block that could clearly reform it for the betterment of their children.
I'm not a boomer, but lots of bashing them in this thread. Ya'll understand boomers didn't start social security, don't ya'll?
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:30 pm to Scruffy
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Scruffy
You don't deserve shite
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:31 pm to TigerintheNO
How about we stop sending money to other countries ?
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:31 pm to Scruffy
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Absolutely, but they are a massive voting block that could clearly reform it for the betterment of their children.
Well, sure, but so can Gen X (me), and millennials are now in their mid-40s, even. Plenty of powerful people of all generations. Once boomers all die off, it will probably calm the burden somewhat. I'm not wishing for that b/c only a jack arse would, but once they do, it will ease up our healthcare and ss issues a little. There are just so many of them, hence "baby boomers."
fwiw, I am retired from the fire service, I won't be getting SS, or if I do, it will be small from working side jobs where I did pay in a little. I don't care that I won't get any, just saying.
This post was edited on 3/20/26 at 2:34 pm
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:31 pm to fareplay
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Without googling, tell me how much you think SS has vs estimates of fraud and abuse
No idea how much SS has, but between Medicare billing scams, money being ciphoned into policitians' pockets, and various other boondoggles, I would guess the amount of fraud and abuse is way, way over a trillion dollars.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:31 pm to Scruffy
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If the older generations didn’t plan well enough to survive without that Ponzi scheme, too bad.
I have been paying into it since I was barely a teenager. Nearly 40 years. Why would I be ok with this even though I’m not even factoring it into my retirement income/savings?
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:32 pm to Displaced
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Gotta raise the minimum eligibility age too.
Im close to 50. Im not expecting the thieves in dc will actually protect this for me by 62 however im owed this. Im retiring at 62 regardless but it's not fair to move the goal posts on me know. Phase it for younger generations. Its a lot easier pill to swallow to say SS starts at 67 for a 30 yr old than me who is 12 yrs away…
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:36 pm to TigerintheNO
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Social Security has 6 years left, cut benefits or raise taxes?
They will cut benefits by raising retirement age.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:39 pm to back9Tiger
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This is stupid... while am no Boomer fan by any means, they, just like us were forced into that crap program. So your solution is to take all their money from 30-40 years and say frick it, too bad for you?
Any different than they are doing to younger generations?
Locking up equity in their homes
Selling small businesses to PE Firms
Voting for the very shite they opposed when they were young
frick em
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:40 pm to RVparklsu
quote:I don’t want shite.
You don't deserve shite
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:43 pm to jflsufan
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This. But I would say that there should be no cap. You continue to pay 6.2% on all W-2 income.
Or....we can stop playing daddy government and let people keep their hard earned money and invest it how they please.
Obviously a wholesale abolishment will never happen, but you should be able to opt into or out of SS. I would happily opt out tomorrow even if it means losing what I've already contributed. Phase this shite out.
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:43 pm to back9Tiger
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This is stupid... while am no Boomer fan by any means, they, just like us were forced into that crap program. So your solution is to take all their money from 30-40 years and say frick it, too bad for you?
Whatever must happen ultimately should happen immediately
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:53 pm to TigerintheNO
How about we just stop giving it to other countries
Posted on 3/20/26 at 2:59 pm to TigerintheNO
I’ll hold my breathe for my refund….
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