“my social security is not an entitlement, it is earned just like unemployment pay”
Not true. Your SS is an entitlement because the money being provided to today’s recipient is being taken out of working people’s income.
“because it was taken from my income”
True. You did have SS funds stolen from you to give to others throughout your working career. The problem is that those at that time felt an entitlement to make a claim to your income. Now you feel entitled to make a claim to other people’s income.
It is a broken system and if any private investor did the same thing that our government is doing, then they would name them Madoff or Ponzi....
The entire SS system is evil and heartbreaking.
govt employees with their fat defined pensions can willingly give up their pensions but please, nobody has the right to tell we the workers aren't going to get what we put in for....most of us don't have fat govt pensions or even private pensions...SS is it....
is it a broken system?..of course..because we have too many collecting who never worked, who are illegals or even new legal immigrants, and then the odious bad back SSDI people who have taken full benefits all their lives.....no wonder we're broke...but for Gods sake don't blame the people who've given their all...