A key phrase in your post is "take the loss". If I told the government to stop sending me my Social Security payment, "taking the loss" of the money that I paid in for 40 years is exactly what I would be doing.
I wish the media and the politicians would stop referring to SS as an entitlement. I don't say "Gimme, I'm entitled", but rather I say "Give it back to me, I was forced to pay for it for my entire working life".
I DO consider myself a conservative, and I DON'T want a government handout, but I DO want the fruits of my labor.
Best FReegards.
Well, you should certainly support any taxpayer based entitlement then. How can you be for SSI payments but against any other type of cradle to grave government handouts?
Everyone pays taxes in some form or another that worky s or buys anything. Why don’t we support fully entitled healthcare? Why not fully free college?
It’s very easy to say ‘I paid, so I take’ on any level of program.