This is the part I don't agree with:
'they don't owe you any'
If I pay too much in taxes and I'm due a refund, I expect to get it after I file.
The government may steal it from me, but it doesn't mean they don't owe me.
Yes, I've read the plans and I know what's in them. However, I also watch Congress and the likelihood that any proposed plan would be passed as written for the public is nil. Someone will figure out a way to get cash out of the deal and we get screwed. Again.
Do I like the way the system is? NO!! But neither do I want to screw over half of America.
We've already been screwed once. I'm NOT giving the government the chance to screw me twice.
What they've got on the table right now costs $2 Trillion just to implement. Who pays for that? Not the pols, that's for sure.
Or do we need to start a discussion on how they've padded their own retirement at our expense?
Apples and oranges. Social Security taxes are not income taxes. But the money goes the same place.
The government may steal it from me, but it doesn't mean they don't owe me.
The SS law specifically says they don't owe you one red cent. And it's not a refund if they happen to give you a check.
Yes, I've read the plans and I know what's in them.
And none of them propose to do what you say, none.
Do I like the way the system is? NO!! But neither do I want to screw over half of America.
What do you suggest?