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You paid into nothing. You were taxed, along with every other worker, along with every employer, to send money to the permanently unemployed. (retired, disabled, dependents, etc) The only corrolation between what you paid and what you may receive is that you will probably receive less than 10% of the fair market value of your taxes if you live long enough.
When you die your heirs get nothing. If you die before payments start your heirs get nothing. If this were a policy there would be a payout.
This is an illegal ponzi scheme run by the Federal government. If any organization in the private sector played with money in this manner they would be fined and imprisoned.
You have paid into nothing and you have nothing, guaranteed, coming. Do not act like this is some kind of retirement program. It is not.

I think it was the Johnson adm. and congress that decided to dump all SS money into the general fund to pay for his failed war on poverty....Sorry but those that paid into SS all their working lives and didn't have that money to invest took the government at their word. They put thousands into the plan, its not their fault that the government spent it on other things, don't bitch at them (or me) the government picked your pocket, bitch at them and don't pay any of those FICA taxes and find out where your spend some time....

Young folks should be spitting mad, but until the laws change, people should quit bellyaching at the seniors, they are not taxing you. Send your outrage to Washington and the IRS.

PS Hubby died at 51 and never collected anything, those that bitch all the time about the seniors must smile a lot when one dies, cause they aren't on SS anymore...