What gave the government the right to take money from my pay for insurance? If I was collecting SSI I might see your complaint. All money I have taken in SSI was repaid. If you pay Social Security from your wages you too are covered the same as me in the event of disability. You'd likely draw a much higher check though. Disability checks are based on what you paid in. The more you paid in the higher your check is.
I feel no more guilt than if I was drawing the same coverage benifits from a private insurer. Why? Because premiums were paid for a service at some point in my life I may or may not have ever needed. I never figured I'd be disabled actually. Do you feel guilty for filing insurance claims with private insurers and taking others peoples premium money? Just curoious?
The govt. had no right to take the money from your pay to put into a ponzi scheme.
But you playing into the ponzi scheme and getting money out of it is wrong as well.
Sorry. I don’t have all the details about how much you have paid in or how long you have been drawing money out.
But I will tell you this, the person I spoke about earlier in the thread did not pay in as much as she has received. Most people on SSDI who do not die withing say 3 years have not paid in what they are taking out.
This isn’t like private insurance. With private insurance, I willingly pay into it. Take my chances as I see fit.
Taxpayers have no choice. We are forced to pay. Many of us know full well that many people are lying and getting into the money we are forced to give.
Think about it. It is not the same.
You need to go back and do some math. The system is a scam and is broke.