"Lest ya'll forget, the Social Security system would have been solvent now and forever if DEMOCRATS had not made it possible to RAID the trustfund, that WAS in place, in a "lock box" at one time, by putting the money into the general fund where they could spend it."
There never was a 'lock box'.
THE CURRENT AND PRIOR SS RECIPIENTS HAVE RECEIVED FAR MORE THAN THEY PUT IN . THIS EVEN INCLUDES INTEREST. THE GREEDY GEEZERS /AARP KNOW THIS, BUT INSTEAD OF THANKING YOUNG PEOPLE FOR AN UNDESERVED FREE LUNCH THEY USE THEIR CLOUT TO MAINTAIN THE STATUS QUO. THIS IS WRONG! AND THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED. THE ELDERLY ARE THE WEALTHIEST AGE GROUP IN THIS COUNTRY AND ON TOP OF THAT ARE RECEIVING THE LIONS SHARE OF BENEFITS. AARP SPENDS ALOT OF MONEY PROPAGATING THE MYTH OF THE POOR GRANDMA EATING PET FOOD, THERE ARE FAR MORE POOR CHILDREN THAN ELDERLY.
WHENEVER SOME LIBERAL FROM HELL WRITES THAT SS HAS BEEN AMERICA'S MOST SUCCESFUL PROGRAM , THEY ARE DISINGENUOUS. ANY PROGRAM THAT TAKES FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL IS GREAT FOR PAUL BUT WHAT ABOUT PETER?
MY SOLUTION IS "MEANS TEST AFTER PAYBACK". LESLIE STAHL DID A STORY ON 60MINUTES A FEW YEARS AGO AND THEY DETERMINED THAT WITH INTEREST, THE CURRENT RETIREES ONLY PAID ENOUGH IN FICA TO COLLECT FOR -THREE- YEARS. THIS MEANS AT 68 THEY ARE STEALING OUR FICA DOLLARS FOR THEIR EARLY BIRD SPECIALS, CARNIVAL CRUISES AND TRIPS TO BRANSON. AT 68 , THE SS CHECKS SHOULD BE MEANS TESTED SO THAT ONLY THE PET FOOD EATING GRANNIES GET BENEFITS. AARP KNOWS THIS AND IT IS A DISGRACE THAT THEY WOULD FIGHT TO MAINTAIN SUCH AN UNETHICAL SYSTEM.