[DesertRhino]

Not asking for others to be confiscated. What part of it don’t you get that around 15% of her pay was stolen for 45 years, against her will, with the promise it would be paid back to her at a certain age?
We are talking about the money that was stolen from her.

[Mr. Lucky]

She has no more moral right for the government to tax future generations for her benefit than a late round Ponzi scheme victim has to demand that the game continue until she gets all of her money back from future victims.

Social Security is a Ponzi scheme.

[kabar]

What part of it don’t you get that around 15% of her pay was stolen for 45 years, against her will, with the promise it would be paid back to her at a certain age? We are talking about the money that was stolen from her.

Who promised to pay it back? If you die before being eligible for benefits, you get nothing back except a small burial allowance. SS is not a pension fund. It is insurance. Your contributions belong to the federal government not you or your estate.

[CitizenUSA]

Not only did she pay into it for 50 years, but she also had no choice at all! In other words, she might have voted against Social Security her entire life and maybe even wanted to opt out of it, but she couldn’t. Why should she and others, like the military, who have earned or paid into their benefits be at the top of the list when it comes time to cut government? That’s what I want to know. Of ALL the crap that’s currently getting paid out, why are the elderly on Social Security and military retirees first on the chopping block? Oh, I know. They tend to be conservative!