Agreed but give me all I put into it plus interest. Not a penny more but not a penny less of my contributions
“Agreed but give me all I put into it plus interest. Not a penny more but not a penny less of my contributions”
That’s not one of the choices.
You have two choices:
1. Accept less, perhaps even drastically less in Social Security and other government benefits.
2. Get nothing - either through hyperinflation, or through drastic financial duress.
You really don’t have the choice you want.
Don't forget, you put in x and your employer(s) put in x also. That's 2x plus interest.
If your employer wasn't mugged by the Government for your x, he could have paid it to you. You were worth it, right?