Posted on 04/03/2013 4:54:18 AM PDT by hondact200
To all freepers on social security disability, when checking my direct deposit into bank account. I was reduced by $136.65. Has this happened to anyone else.
If they wouldn’t cut checks for the millions who aren’t disabled, then it wouldn’t be going broke. I’d wager I’m more “disabled” than half on the dole.
More like I'm losing around, what, 8% of my paycheck for 40 years to pay for SS and Medicare and I'm not on it. And I'm going to turn down something I've been paying for for 40 years (and counting) when the time comes?
Do I have a Stupid sign pinned on my ass?
I’m sorry. I stumbled into a thread for “gimme gimme” supposed “conservatives”. I never should have posted here.
As someone who pays for you, and who also must pay for myself, it’s not conducive to my own health to read these postings of ridiculously entitled people wanting more and more and more from the government and playing the “you want me dead” card every time they must pay for something out of their entitlement check.
That is how I feel about it, too.
I paid in for 40 years. I consider it no different than an insurance policy. It used to be called Social Security Insurance.
Additionally, considering all the fraud and pilfering and careless spending of the politicians, my monthly SS check isn’t even a drop in the bucket. Illegals and foreign aid account for money down the drain; how much did they pay into the system?
You are correct. You should not have posted here.
” That argument that YOU are paying for US just doesn’t hold water.”
Oh, it holds water. So much so that we are drowning in debt because of entitlement minded people like you.
“You are correct. You should not have posted here.”
Yep. I’m sorry to have intruded on such a pity-party of entitlement.
FreeRepublic’s “Keep Your Gov’t Hands Off My Medicare” moment.
No, you did not pay for you. You did as I did and paid for our PARENTS! Current workers are paying for you, which is why I refuse to take a cent from this immoral ponzi scheme. I'm eligible for disability but I refuse to file and I pay for my own health insurance. I'm a lot of things but one thing I'm not, is a thief. I will not participate in even state sponsored theft from your kids. You don't seem to mind, but I have to look at myself in the mirror every day and so far I like what I see. I don't want that to change.
Your bitterness is a hell of a self-sentence.
Wrong, Wingy. You and I paid for our own, but it has been looted by free-spending pols. The actuarial tables and taxing methods would have been solvent thru the 2030’s, otherwise.
That's the fact, Jack.
As to my monthly check it stayed the same, so far.
I paid into the system from the time I was 15 until I landed in the ICU at 60, fresh from finishing one of my usual 70 hour weeks.
I miss my job, I miss my customers and the people I worked with, if I could work I'd be out the door in a heartbeat.
“Your bitterness is a hell of a self-sentence.”
Your whining cannot be mistaken for self-reliance.
Are you willing to thank the taxpayer in gratitude for the checks you get from the government?
Notice I didn’t say anything about those who are truly eligible, but those who get it merely because they signed up on a Tuesday after 3 pm or whatever reason tick me off royally. I know two who most definitely shouldn’t be on it. They’re out doing scouts or shopping or clearing land or partying or vacationing or a dozen other things between cashing in on my tax dollars.
There are truly needy that cannot work. But when I saw this thread on FR, I thought I had wandered into the website. Actually, I take that back. The amount of pushback from Freepers regarding Entitlements is massive.
No wonder Romney lost.
Just please be nicer to other Freepers if you can manage it. I know you are ticked off about your tax bill - but you are not the only person in America paying exorbitant taxes. Trust me.
Take care.
Absolutely. I continue to pay taxes myself. Perhaps your notion of self-reliance should be looked at. I think that it is entirely reasonable to expect a return on forced contributions to a plan, even if it is a ponzi scheme because of mis-management. It is also rational to expect it to fail at some point. So I plan for that.
I do sleep well at night.
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