Don’t forget that Social Security also pays “disability” benefits to those who have worked as little as two years in their lifetimes (SSD) and even have not ever worked at all (SSI).
Cut all that out and just focus on the retirees and Social Security will stay solvent long enough to keep the promises made to the retired and soon-to-be-retired.
We forget about all the moochers bankrupting the Social Security system.
benefits to those who have worked as little as two years in their lifetimes (SSD) and even have not ever worked at all (SSI).
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I can see (possibly) minor children of the person who put into the fund, indigent widows or widowers of the person who put into the fund - until they remarry receiving the amassed benefits.
As bad as the program was/is, it was never meant for 25 year old druggies or alkies receiving benefits -
Imagine what the unions and members would say if say the union retirement fund was distributed to people who a/didn’t qualify or b/never worked.
Nope, more wishful myths.
You can go to SSA.gov right now and see what they're paying on those two programs and they're not a drop in the bucket compared to the 10,000 baby boomers becoming eligible for traditional Social Security every single day for the next 15 years.