> So enjoy your SS funded vacation it is only taking two working people to provide it to you. <
You do make a good point about how SS has warped into something it wasn’t originally meant to be.
And I suppose I’d feel a bit guilty had I “hurt my back” when I was 20, and was freeloading off of disability ever since. But nope. Been working since I was 18. And like many other FReepers here, I went for years without missing even one day of work, and paying into SS the whole time.
So yeah, I’m going fishing, guilt-free.
On the other hand I DID hurt ny back at work. Received absolutely nothing in compensation.Returned to different work after surgery and long recovery . Have worked 32 years since.
There are jobs that MANY who receive SSDI could be working at. The benefits have been awarded too easily.
I don't understand the point he/she's trying to make. SS pays the same whether you sit on your butt at home and watch tv or whether you go fishing. I'm bewildered.