“My mother has paid into SS all of her life.”
So have the rest of us. We all got screwed in a Ponzi scheme.
Yeah, well, I have a novel idea. Give her back all of her SS payments and I will buy her private insurance. Oh, wait, 0bamaCare is making that cost too much. I guess I’ll tell her to get over that Alzheimer’s crap and get back to work.
That’s just it isn’t it?
In a regular ponzi scheme - those at the bottom of the pyramid understand the money is “gone”.
They are lucky to recover any small amount - and understand they will never get back the amount they put in.
This message hasn’t transferred over to everyone’s understanding of the ponzi scheme that is social security.
People just aren’t going to get back what they “put in”
It is mathematically impossible.
If they persist on demanding it - the next generation will be bankrupt.
Tellya what. THe government can pay me back, in land (with the mineral rights), only I get to pick where, easements granted, and no rules on how I use it. Same property value per section as any other similar undeveloped land in the area.
Such a deal I'll make them.