[wagglebee]

The reality is that most seniors who are middle class and above are screwed by Social Security.

A person who has paid in (and had matching employer funds) the maximum or close to it for 40+ years would have a much higher income if that money had been invested in a private retirement account like a 401K AND they would still have plenty of it left to leave their heirs.

There's no question that something needs to be done with SS, but denying people money that they've paid in just because someone decides that they don't "need" the money is not the solution.

[justlurking]

I hope you aren’t replying specifically to me, because I’ve made exactly those same points in other postings to this thread.

[Notary Sojac]

denying people money that they've paid in just because someone decides that they don't "need" the money is not the solution.

I agree that we should not B.S. people by telling them what they do and do not "need".

A non-judgmental statement like "In order to keep the program actuarily sound, benefits are being cut 25%" is much more appropriate.

[trisham]

Not so. It’s a solution if one is a Marxist.