“Once upon a time, and mind you, I AM older than dirt, a person’s word was golden.”
You might have thought that, but the very people that were selling you the social security snake oil were buying votes with it. You were just fooled into thinking that their word was golden.
“Honor was something of value, too, and most of us would have rather starved than ever take welfare, which was considered a disgrace and proof of failure to support oneself.”
This shows that now that you are on the federal dole, you have completely changed their mind. SSIP is nothing but a different name for a welfare system. Now you are fighting to continue taking something that would have shamed you a few short years ago.
It is actually rather sad that the feds have wipped you under control.....just imagine what they can do to the younger generations under the guise of health care.
“Now along come the boomers or whatever they call them, and the next thing you know they’re like a bunch of vultures hovering over the elderly, waiting to pick our bones dry, and worse, carping at us because we use up too many resources by living.”
You sure are stretching things now.....no one here is advocating “picking your bones dry” in this discussion. All we are asking is that you admit to being on welfare and that you did not make any investments. We have already realized that SSIP is most likely to go belly up before many of us would receive any money from our kids and grandkids, so we are planning to be able to survive without it.
It’s rather sad to see a FReeper defending his/her dependence on the federal government....and it is a good lesson for all of us.
You sound like a broken record. I guess I have to answer like one. Collecting social security that I paid is not the same as collecting welfare. If these monthly checks are such a pain, just give me back what I paid into it. That would suit me fine. I never wanted to have it taken out in the first place.