“Hell, let’s just call it for what it really is: another income tax!”
Of course - there is not ‘Trust Fund’. THE MONEY IS GONE. For you FReepers in your 50s and 60s, let me say that again:
THE MONEY IS GONE
(and again)
THE MONEY IS GONE
Is it sinking in yet? Your generation chose to spend that money (and more) as it came in. YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO THE EARNINGS OF MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
Let me say that again:
YOU ARE NOT ENTITLED TO THE EARNINGS OF MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
I’m sorry that the people that YOUR GENERATION elected chose to spend ALL of your retirement money, but they did.
|
Your generation chose to spend that money -——————
Your beloved big government CHOSE to spend that money...not the people...they had that money taken from their checks...then the government spent it so people like you can have ‘free’ stuff...
GET IT????
Did your mother have any kids that didn’t have congenital cranial agenesis?
.
I just turned 50 this year. I never voted for a 'Rat in my life and never did my parents, or their parents before them.
Quit painting with a broad brush your holier than thou attitude. My father, a veteran, died in December. My mother is moving in with us next month so I can care for her personally and we can help each other make ends meet.
If it were up to me, Social Security would've been abolished decades ago. I've paid into the system for 35 years and my husband for 40 years.
We won't see a dime of our hard-earned money. I find your attitude toward people on a conservative board disgusting. We NEVER wanted to put our money into SS. Direct your anger at the big government idiots, not at the folks scraping by on this board.
blah blah blah
Right. There never was a real trust fund. I would say, though, that the boomers were always up against a solid block of SS recipients who always voted against anyone that threatened “their” program. That is why it was always called the “third rail” - not because boomers supported it.
In fact, I think that over the last 40 years or so a majority of “younger voters” wanted out of the system or recognized that it would collapse. The politcal design of the system, however, has made it virtually impossible to get rid of. The boomers are just the generation that is left standing when the social security “music stops”. They/we are left holding the bag. Nevertheless, that is no justification for stealing from the following generations. Someone has to lose, and it has been evident for a long time that the boomers are the ones to take the hit.
SS doesn’t need to be reformed; it needs to be eliminated. The more we prolong it with band-aids, the worse the damage will be.
So YOUR generation racks up 5 trillion over the last two years and you’re whining?
It’s kind of odd isn’t it? The people in 1981 thought they could vote to force the people living in 2011 to work for them.
Today we have people running around saying “But I was promised SS benefits!” And I’m left wondering “Who promised who what?” My kids didn’t promise to support anyone in their retirement not even their own grandparents.