according to some on this site... yes.
i have been contributing to socialist security for over 40 years now, and am being told I am greedy for wanting what I paid into...
hell, i even told these people that are calling me greedy, that you can give me back what I paid in, and keep the employer match..
no, I am still greedy and stealing from future generations..
these future generations want to steal what is mine, what I paid into for 40 years, and THEY are calling ME greedy..
generational theft is right... the upcoming generations want to steal from me, what I worked for and what I paid for...
screw ‘em
Now, if I could have taken that money and invested it myself starting in 1964, I wouldn't be working 40+ hours a week now, either!
I watched a movie yesterday, "21" -- which tells the tale of a group of (maybe MIT) students, who were taught by their professor, how to count cards while playing blackjack.
Long story short, the security at one of the casinos caught on to them, and ran them out of town. One of the students was physically beaten pretty badly, but made a deal with the security team that would turn over their professor.
In the deal, the students made a good deal of money playing their last hands of blackjack--which they were promised they could keep--but it was eventually taken back from them by the security "enforcer," played by Lawrence Fishburn. He told the lead student something to the effect of, "I don't get a pension with my job, so I need this money...but you're smart, you'll always find a way to succeed..."
I thought to myself, isn't that the epitome of the Moocher's Creed? Declaring a "need" from the successful, and then appeasing that successful person by saying, "it's OK, you'll figure out a way because you're smart" or, you're a hard worker...keep doing what you're doing, and we'll keep imposing our needs on you."
“screw ‘em”
There is a good chance they’ll tell you the same thing.
Where will that leave you?
the thing is we don't want to steal what's yours. you have been good and paid into the SS, but the govt either misused your money or just bungled it up.
SS is a pyramid scheme -- the future pays for the past. The problem is that there are less producers now -- the baby boomer generation is the largest, so there will be less people paying into SS
ergo, that system will go bankrupt sooner or later.