This conflict which is stated as black and white was muddied greatly by Social Security and Medicare. Because now seniors, a great part of the conservative Republican base are convinced it's OK to 'steal' (as the post puts it) , as long as they are told they have 'earned it', or as posted here ‘a verbal contract’, or ‘a promise’. So the socialists will always use that as an example why there really is no private property. And the seniors will be told that to keep their vote.
Fortunately this democrat strategy failed on health reform.
” Because now seniors, a great part of the conservative Republican base are convinced it’s OK to ‘steal’ (as the post puts it)”
Some people have seen hundreds of thousands of dollars taken from them as social security payments. Are you proposing that this money not be paid back to them? If you’re saying that SS should not exist, I agree with that. If you’re saying every penny paid into SS should be given back to every person as a lump sum payment and then SS ends, I agree with that, too.
What’s your solution for people who have paid into SS their entire lives?