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>>SS was originally founded by FDR...another socialist. It was just another nail in the coffin for this country.

Those of us boomers who have paid into it did so involuntarily.

As boomers, we (my husband and I) have lived since we were in our 20s as though we would never see one thin dime of it in our old age. Thank God that we made that choice.
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So far, we agree.

>I don’t know where you get the idea that we thought it was a good investment in our futures. The only way we looked at it was sucking out our income to give it to someone else.

SS payments have been a part of the general fund for many decades. We aren’t stupid, pal.<<

That isn’t what I said. I said that many (stupid) people thought that SS would actually be what the gummit said it would be.

You seem to think I am bad for pointing that out.

>>SS payments have been a part of the general fund for many decades. We aren’t stupid, pal.<<

Yes and no. Theoretically, SS payments are SS. It gets vacuumed out the back door.

Again, we agree. Why do you think I say you are stupid? The stupid people are those who RELY on the gummit fulfilling its promise. You already said you don’t rely on that so how can you say I implied you are stupid? We are on the same page here.

>>Your worry is just about yourself, and no one else.<<

All Conservatives look after themselves first — we can’t help anyone else if we aren’t looking after ourselves. Am I to infer that NOT taxing the 401(k) that Congress instantiated a specific nontaxation is some sort of selfishness?

Are you a liberal who wants to take care of everyone else? Is your position that we should tax 401(k)s? If not, then I don’t understand your statement.

>>You should look in the mirror before you start castigating others.<<

Other than bad planning, I have castigated no one.

>>You are a despicable human being.<<

You, OTOH, have castigated me for suggesting bad planning is
not a good idea.

I wish I could return your insult, but, just as you cannot justify your statement about me, I can only find you to be sadly unable to read plain English.

Thus, where you find my despicable, I can only find you somewhat slow and very, very uninformed.

Do you really want to know why I find you to be despicable? Your entire post is despicable, as are you.

“SS payments were just another stupid tax to support those who couldn’t plan.

Anyone who thought they were INVESTING in their future was nuts. Baby Boomers must have been high.

Anyone younger than 50 who thinks he/she will see a dime of SS (other than maybe one of the other uses of SS, such as kids with ADHD who have never put a penny in the system) is crazy.

My retirement planning has SS as a big goose egg. I wish they would just kill the damn thing and be done with it.

My worry is they will come after my 401(k) to subsidize people stupid enough to depend on SS for their Depends.”

The entire post is insulting to those of us who have lived our lives responsibly without relying on the government, and who expect nothing from the government, except to possibly leave us alone.

Maybe you should be directing your ire towards those in Government who voted on these bills and who have taken our country to the brink.

Too, maybe you should have figured out a long time ago that SS has been a Ponzi scheme just as we did over 30 years ago.

Are you angry at us because we were smarter than you?