RE: “Receiving an annuity like payment for money we were FORCED to payout is not socialism. A stupid plan yes. An unconstitutional plan, more than likely.
Giving money to people who did not contribute is socialism.
Before any SS dollars are touched we have to force our government to stop every penny being given to those in this country illegally.
Before any SS dollars are touched we have to force our government to stop every penny being given to foreign countries.
Get our troops out of Germany, Japan, S. Korea and save some more money.
If SS needs to be modified/eliminated, and I think it sure does, it must be done for those entering the labor force not for those who have had money forcibly taken for SS for over 45 years.
If they touch my money, which was to be in a trust fund and is not, they will realize why we have a 2nd Amendment.”
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I agree with your post — and there are at least a few ‘plans’ out there (Republican, can’t remember who I saw on Fox with such a plan) that do make accommodation for continuing Soc. Sec. for those over, say, 55 — but paring it down so that it becomes solvent in the not too distant future. I haven’t heard of any plans to totally eliminate the plan, though.
If someone retires, do what private industry has to do and move people around to cover the gaps.
It took decades to get here and downsizing government via attrition is one of the least painful ways I can think of to reduce the debt and get the government back into its constitutional cage.
We need to push the out of balance private vs public employee balance back toward the private sector so as to have more producers.