They may be through no fault of their own be wiped out and are too aged or sick to work any more. They will have to rely on SS like many do now.
And these folks who are just getting by on social security monthly checks are not leeches....you probably know many of them. They are responsible and proud aged people who are your relatives, friends and neighbors. You may be one of them some day.
Many on this thread really think they're NEVER going to get old and sick and perhaps penniless even if they were considered "wealthy" when they retired.
Leni
>The class-warfare kool-ade drinkers here never take into account that seniors who may be considered “wealthy” at the time of retirement because they have what is considered by the commies as “wealth” (meaning a few investments or assets of one kind or another) may overnight be wiped out of their savings in one way or another....catastrophic circumstances, U.S. economy failure, devaluation of the dollar or bad inflation, or whatever.
>They may be through no fault of their own be wiped out and are too aged or sick to work any more. They will have to rely on SS like many do now.
It’s ironic that you claim that other’s are ‘class warfare kool-ade drinkers’ when you are the one trundling out the sob stories about need.
To counter your specious argument about the means tested rich getting investments wiped out, well if those investments all of a sudden go away, then they will again be eligible for Social Security. That’s what means testing is after all.
>And these folks who are just getting by on social security monthly checks are not leeches....you probably know many of them. They are responsible and proud aged people who are your relatives, friends and neighbors. You may be one of them some day.
I don’t recall labeling anyone a leech. In fact it’s the chap who’s against means testing (Meyer) who’s lecturing us on the ‘leeches’.
>Many on this thread really think they’re NEVER going to get old and sick and perhaps penniless even if they were considered “wealthy” when they retired.
Means testing isn’t something done once and then you’re forgotten. If you encounter hardship and can show need, you would be eligible again.
You better decide what you’re arguing about because you’re all over the map.
Don’t argue about ‘need’ when disputing means testing.
RE: “Many on this thread really think they’re NEVER going to get old and sick and perhaps penniless even if they were considered “wealthy” when they retired.”
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Yes, I’m willing to bet the FR pro-means testers, et al, are still pretty young and/or have set-in-stone provisions for their own ‘old age, like yes, even military pensions.
A whole host of other folks who thought they were ‘comfortable’ in pre-retirement years are finding they are scrimping and saving now more than ever due to no fault of their own.