Those people did not “pay into FICA”.
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Do you just flap your lips or read what is written?
Where did I say THEY paid into FICA?
Yes Gore was ‘full of it’ with his lockbox BS.
If you worked for me and I took 7 or 15% of your pay ‘for your future’ and 50 years later I were to say ‘Ooops, I spent it on something else’...THAT IS who you should be having the discussion with ‘ the ‘ I spent it on something else crowd’
Whether FICA is a tax or not is moot. It was CHARGED to the WORKING PUBLIC - like most govt programs the original thought was probably done in good faith BUT the current pol insists on using the ‘so called funds’ on everything from druggies to bums to illegals and sort of forget who paid into it.
Heard some ambulance chasing lawyer advertising today that if you can’t lift 10 pounds or stand for long periods of time you qualify for SS ..
Yes, a 25 year old on SS because he is a drunk or druggie or can’t lift 10 pounds is ridiculous... AGAIN - go after the clowns that allow this crap.
Your ‘theory’ on SS is along the line with my Clinton example (which you probably didn’t get that far).
You said it right here:
"I suppose you include people who paid into FICA"
Did you forget?