[Alberta's Child]

It's high time for us to face the truth, and to stop referring to entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicate, Section 8 housing and "supplemental nutrition assistance" as taxpayer-funded programs.

The reality is that, with the U.S. government running on an annual deficit in excess of $1 trillion, the beneficiaries of these programs are using money that isn't costing the U.S. taxpayer a dime. This is how these programs have managed to perpetuate themselves at all.

[silverleaf]

do not associate social security with Medicaid and section 8

the recipients of the latter put NOTHING into the system

social security - some recipients AND their employers have paid SS taxes for 20-30-40 years - with NO CHOICE to opt out and invest privately- and trusted “the govt” to invest or manage the money as their retirement supplement

big difference between welfare and SS even though they are govt programs