I am well aware of how it all works, thank you.
While I agree with your assertions, berating oneself and feeling guilty over the Ponzai scheme instituted by the feral federal government GENERATIONS before most of us were even born and in which our 'voluntary' participation is forced by legal intimidation, is, IMHO, a totally non-productive endeavor.
Unless you're just into self-flagellation.
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The lecture on your part may have been with the best intentions, but in the interest of putting-your-money-where-your-mouth-is......
What would be your solution to them problem of a system you can't get rid of yet are forced to contribute to? Pay into they system but never collect from it?
” The lecture on your part may have been with the best intentions, but in the interest of putting-your-money-where-your-mouth-is......
What would be your solution to them problem of a system you can’t get rid of yet are forced to contribute to? Pay into they system but never collect from it? “
First of all, the “system” is not a “system” it’s a tax that’s called something else but it’s just a tax.
The solution I prefer is that we pare down all the expenses of government and entitlements until we no longer spend more than we have - and then some so that we start paying off the debt.
That is ultimately the only reasonable solution. But government is not reasonable. The solution Government has in store for us will take one of two forms: 1. Default on Debt, or 2. Hyperinflate. Either of those will be a defacto end to “benefits as we know them”
This is not about resentment, or self-flagellation, or feeling guilty. It’s about numbers that don’t add up - and coldly and cruelly set expectations towards reality.
So I’m not really lecturing per se, I’m stating facts as I see them - they may not be exactly correct, but one may not always guess the exact size of the tsunami before it engulfs you - but that doesn’t mean it isn’t in front of us
So what’s your solution, other than restating the problem again?
It appears to be that those of us who've paid just suck it up, while illegals, baby mommas, baby daddies, SSI fakers, etc., continue on the gravy train.
F*** that !