Tons of people on SS disability abusing the sysetem, as well as people collecting who never contributed a dime. So yes, you’ve contributed, but many have not.
I”m not talking about—or defending—myself. And SS disability is already accounted for differently.
(And I’m not on any sort of guv program.) I just question the math used here. Also, there’s no elimination of overlap between the SS/Medicare and the traditional means-tested programs.
I don’t agree with the fundamental diagnosis of the system, just the tally of the actual stats presented.
Tons of people on SS disability abusing the sysetem, as well as people collecting who never contributed a dime. So yes, you’ve contributed, but many have not.
Then only include those getting SSI in the numbers. The numbers are so bull crap that I thought this horrid story was from the liberal website (take your pick). I would pull this thread as it is basically bunk.