The true drivers of debt are our major entitlement programs: Social Security,
Social Security is NOT an entitlement.
I, and my employers, have paid into it for the past 33 years. That means, the money in that account is earned, and MINE. NOT an entitlement that is given to anyone without earning it.
Congress screwed us by not reforming Social Security 20-25 years ago when they could have. (remember Al Gore’s ‘lockbox’?)
Your money is gone. It helped to pay off 33 years’ worth of old people’s needs. Furthermore, any surpluses were used for other government functions. There is no “money in the bank” with SS.
“I, and my employers, have paid into it for the past 33 years. That means, the money in that account is earned, and MINE.”
Nope. Fleming v Nestor decided that.
They don’t owe you jack.
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Like it or not, SS is a Ponzi scheme that we are FORCED to fund.