[Manuel OKelley]

Only old people’s money?

I’ve been paying in since I was 14 been paying for about 35 years and have paid the maximum per year for more than the last 20 years but guess what? I will be eligible to start drawing at a reduced rate in about 2036-—a few years after it’s completely gone.

There is nothing ethical, fair, or just about that in any way.

I say they need to figure out how to pay out lump sums based on how much people contributed up until x date and pay what ever % of that is available and be done with the whole damned thing once and for all

I surprises me how many people think that theft is justifiable because a government the majority of us barely tolerate and who never keeps it’s word “promised” to rob form future generations to sustain their ponzi scheme for the current recipients

[NY.SS-Bar9]

...pay what ever % of that is available..

There is nothing available. The government has stolen all of the funds paid into the system.

[moovova]

“I’ve been paying in since I was 14 been paying for about 35 years...l

Not a lot I can do about that at this point in my life except say “Thank you!”...and encourage you to continue working as long as possible! Oh and...wife’s pulling the SS plug in seven weeks. She says “Thank you!” too!

[zeugma]

I say they need to figure out how to pay out lump sums based on how much people contributed up until x date and pay what ever % of that is available and be done with the whole damned thing once and for all

I surprises me how many people think that theft is justifiable because a government the majority of us barely tolerate and who never keeps it’s word “promised” to rob form future generations to sustain their ponzi scheme for the current recipients

What surprises me is that there are still freepers who think they actually have any personal interest in the money they paid into 'social security'. The supreme court has ruled definitively that you have no personal interest in any of the money. If you did, you'd be able to bequeath the sum upon death. If you die at 64 years old, you and your heirs get nothing.

Face it. 'Social security' was and is nothing but another tax upon the working people of this country with a fancy name that fools fools. It's not your money, nor was it ever, because they stole it from the vast majority of people (except the self-employed) before they even saw it.