[poobear]

“Memo to Baby Boomers: You are royally f****d.”

Memo to those who hate Boomers (largely those who hate their parents):

We've been f****d for decades. No one noticed until the gorilla in the room got older.

The geezers before us set this s**t up. We paid for it, NOW suddenly we're the problem now that there is not 12 workers for every beneficiary.

I don't want SS OR Medicare. Can someone tell me how I can get my money back from the last 35 years of work? Better yet, can someone please tell me how I won't have to pay 12.6% for the next 20 years?

[jimmyray]

Better yet, can someone please tell me how I won't have to pay 12.6% for the next 20 years?

Yep. I will start increasing soon, possibly to 20% by 2020!

[socialismisinsidious]

Can't help but think that WE (as in the American voter) brought this on ourselves. Started with withholding...dumbest thing ever done was to allow Congresscritters to have at our money via the IRS and withholding before we see one cent! Want to stop the socialist slide? Get rid of the IRS and the income tax or they'll keep vote buying via your tax dollars.

Other than that there is no way to stop paying and no way to get out form under it. Past age 65 you will be covered by Medicare...there is no opting out of the socialist ponzi scheme.