Honesty at some point means pointing out that Social Security is indeed a welfare benefit. Those dollars were not invested in our own account that we then draw from like an IRA. Most people draw out far more than they put in. It’s a ponzi scheme & the worst kind of social welfare. It can’t be sustained & the only way to make it work is to start means testing current recipients & looking at setting up a new system for younger people.
I hope Romney & the future Republican House & Senate have the intestinal fortitude to make the right decision & fix this system.
A class of wage earners is taxed. A surviving class of former wage earners is provided with income.
More pay than take out simply because HUMAN BEINGS DIE!
The benefits are also taxed with those taxes returning to the General Revenue side of the ledger and not to the Social Security side.
There are a number of quite peculiar elmenets in addition to those that lead most of the beneficiaries to believe they paid for it.
Not a good idea at all to bring your thoughts up at a Turkey Shoot eh~!