[nascarnation]

Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no aid nor do they get any breaks…

There's a huge number of retired seniors who have received FAR MORE than they contributed to SS and Medicare.

[RoadGumby]

what a despicable viewpoint. Sounds liberal to me. Why?

IF I save money in an interst bearing account, I hope, sincerely!, to withdraw more than I deposited. IF I invest my money, I hope to withdraw more.

The idea that it is wrong to receive more than you paid in, in trust, is itself wrong.

And coming soon..... confiscation of 401k’s, with them being rolled into SocSec, with a promise of 3% growth (By the way, THAT would allow withdrawing MORE than I paid in).

It is wrong to give Gov’t control over your security, speaking in a social sense. They haven;t done any of us any favirs beyond growing a large dependant class of people.

[IbJensen]

This is true; however, I and millions of others could have several million dollars if we'd invested the bucks we paid in to this asinine Ponzi scheme invested in any mutual fund for all those years.

Unfortunately this nation is full of non or poor achievers who wouldn't save a dollar for their future. I, like many others on this website, not only paid the max into the phony system, but funded savings and investments foregoing the luxuries that others frivolously threw their money at.

I now pay taxes on my 401K AND the pittance I get from the Ponzi scheme.

[Wuli]

“There’s a huge number of retired seniors who have received FAR MORE than they contributed to SS and Medicare.”

DITTO

and regardless of what a “senior’s” income is, “seniors” are eligible for all kinds of government and private “discounts” simply for being a “senior”

what if the economy instead was skewed to “discounts” for ANY “middle-class working dad” REGARDLESS OF INCOME

would that be “right”; no; but it would be no more wrong than simply discounting things for “seniors” as a class

sorry; “seniors” as a class are not ALL “oppressed” by the economy, the government or society and in fact are often misguidedly pampered without qualification

[BooBoo1000]

So What?? I didn't make the rules, I just live by them.The Government told me back in 1944 to start sending them so much of my salary. Period, they didn't ask me if I wanted to they just said do it.When it became time to retire, they said we will give you this much. I didn't have any say in the amount, the Gov just said this is how much you get. In all of these years I have not had any say in anything about Social Security, I think you need to go talk to your elected representative, and quit ragging on me.