[Safetgiver]

Trump has brought about a realistic perspective. He don’t need it, Rush has said he don’t need it, and a very good friend of mine (who makes a HELL of a lot less than those two) said “I Don’t need it.” My friend was harassed by the government until he GOT it, by the IRS. His interest, alone is over $100,000 per year, single no, kids.

[dragnet2]

I hate to say this, but I know folks who don't even cash their SS checks. They simply can't be bothered with such a pittance. They just get deposited into their massive accounts. Those folks tend to ignore stories like this. ☺

I can’t believe there will be no increase in SSAN this year.

Those folks I mentioned will never even notice it kiltie. Trust me.

[HamiltonJay]

Exactly this is a completely different class of people... the few thousand a month in SS is not something that even registers on their radar.

When you earn millions of dollars per year working, lets just make the math easy, say you earn 1.2 million a year, or 100k a month, you have paid in your entire annual amount to SS by February each year. You do that your entire lifetime and you may get a check for $2500-$3000 a month... meanwhile you have savings and investments making you millions of dollars every year... that money is not even on your radar...

The I paid into argument is valid, but as Trump and many others in that income class have publicly stated its not something that for them even registers.