“...a worker, who was FORCED to participate his/her whole life.”
And therein lies the rub! If all the dollars STOLEN from me via SS, had been in my hands, invested properly, they’d be worth much more than what I’m getting in SS.
If you can take it at 62, please do. Let’s break this stupid system that has been theft from the git-go.
Inflation is Theft! Taxation is Theft! Mother Government is a thief!
I had my first paycheck at age 15 and my last at age 56. 41 years of paying into the SS System at an average of $5K per year or $205,000.00.
I won’t recoup that ‘initial investment’ (theft!) until I’m 74 years old, and Mother Government is BANKING on me to die before then.
Had that money been in my own hands over those 41 years and modestly invested at 6% I’d have $2,727,749.72 on hand.
If Mother Government had invested SS funds responsibly, there would be NO problems with SS running dry.
As usual, those of us that were productive members of society get the shaft. *SPIT*