re: Social Security and Medicare will be Insolvent in the 2030s

When they give it to millions of illegals that have not paid anything into it what do you think is going to happen to it.

Hell I’d take half my SS contributions to this point and walk away and be happy. I’ll never see a dime of SS and I’m fine with that as I have planned for it.

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This is why Matt Gaetz's fake fiscal conservativism rings hollow and I can't take him seriously.

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You make a post about arguably the most significant problem this country faces and illustrate it with a graph that clearly shows the problem goes back half a century only to use it as a springboard to attack Matt Gaetz…

I think the more prudent takeaway is that this problem is the result of decades of bipartisan policy making by a political class that has utterly failed to address our most pressing and significant problems. They pay lip service during elections and then govern the same as always, failing to make any tough decisions to actually remedy our most existential issues. And yet you all piss and moan that a status quo Speaker gets removed from office as if he was just on the cusp of addressing ANY of these issues in ANY meaningful way.

The problem is that the electorate are useful idiots who allow themselves to be jerked around by absolute bullshite peddling politicians

If you had taken the money taken out of your check and invested it a IRA you would have received 4 times what your SS account will ever be worth.

No they won’t. More money will be stolen from us to pay for it. I wish they’d do away with both.

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Because all the money you pay for S/S Medicare goes into one big pot. Thanks to Joe Biden and his crooked pals, it's all income revenue to the bureauacrats in Washington.

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You realize every single Presidential Administration since LBJ has dipped into this pot of money you are talking about? It's not just Democrats. Its all of them regardless of political affiliation and spare me the Trump bullshite he spent Trillions recklessly during his 4 years he wasn't a fiscal conservative quite the opposite.

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We are barreling headfirst over a cliff and it seems like no one cares about advocating for solutions like gradually raising the retirement age, etc.

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How is that a solution? The solution is

a) Stop giving people that didn't contribute, SS and Medicare.
b) Make SS an elective. If i know i won't see a dime of what i put forth, why the frick must i keep paying into the system?
c) Rather than raise the age, why not CUT frickING SPENDING from other departments and send it to SS payments?

I hate the US federal government. They serve no purpose than to enrich the bureaucrats and let them play masters of the universe. They do not serve the people. They play God over the people.

Easy fix. Make sure you order the next batch of COVID to kill off anyone who is 65 and older. If no one is alive to claim benefits, you solve your money problem.

I am 64, the ss benefits if retired today

$1700, if I work till 70 then i get $3500

that is barely enough to pay taxes in harris co.

as far as "other retirement"

and 3 company buyouts, and their "sus" handling of 401ks,
and co stock that dropped like a rock, costing another $40-60% of the investment, well

It left me with nothing after 45 years of working my arse off in decent jobs. I almost broke even with my contribs, but the co's contribs were eaten in losses

I would have made more money buying unopened boxed hot wheels cars for 40 years.

and I admit some is my fault for not learning to stock trade, but how many other skills do you do to just survive?

so much for fiduciaries having "your interest" in mind

but, I guess I will work, and hope death takes me before I can't work

seriously, f'k this planet