Yes, I’m collecting SS.
I’ve objected to the SS scheme all my working life. The government forced it on me.
What I wanted was required deductions but private system.
I figure I can collect about 12 yrs. to get back to money/principle I’ve ‘contributed’.
The problem is people collecting that have no business being on the program.
For starters require citizenship to collect.
“I figure I can collect about 12 yrs. to get back to money/principle I’ve ‘contributed’”
I assure you that you have contributed no “principle” to any government program
I’m sorry to inform you of this, but you have no right to recover your contributions to Social Security. Social Security is a massive entitlement scheme and unless it’s eliminated, it will bankrupt America. Social Security is no different from any of other public welfare schemes forced onto the American taxpayer.
I once worked out my SS, starting at $15 when I was fourteen, with the gains/losses of the S&P 500 for each year if I had been forced to invest by the Feds. I used the yearly SS summary that they gave me. If my employer had been forced to give the same ‘contribution’ my total at 66 would have been about 4,000,000 bucks. Talk about stealing? How many Kennedys did my money elect?