“BS. I’m a baby boomer and I can remember since high school being told & taught that SS was just one part of a “three legged stool.”
That some don’t get the message - or choose to ignore it - is their fault not the system’s fault. “
You may have been taught it, but many were not, and many who were so told were also told other things.
The fact is that obviously half of America is relying on ss for their retirement, whether they were “told” not to or not.
The gov’t needs to get OUT of the retirement funding business and let people handle their own money like grown-ups.
If I had my own retirement money that my employer and I were forced to send to Washington for my retirement, I would be better off in my old age. Although I have managed to save some for my retirement, I would be much better off having the government return the retirement money they took from me so it would be “safe” for my retirement.
If they want to return that money with interest, that would be fine with me. I don’t expect to just give it to them so they can spend it on more sexual molesting TSA agents, socialist technocrats, corporate welfare receipients, IRS agents, EPA Nazis, domestic spies, and death panels. They will not cut spending and if they do, it will only last until they figure out how to plow the Social security money into the pockets of their “smart” pals.