The government can change the benefits and eligibility requirements any time it wants to. You lose all claim to any contributions you have made. Calculating your contributions over a lifetime and trying to figure out how much you would have gotten in a private pension fund is just an exercise in futility and fantasy. If pigs had wings, they could fly.
SS is Ponzi scheme and for those of us at the top of the pyramid, it has worked out very well. For those entering the workforce today, it will not. Sorry to hear about your physical aliment. Good luck and hope that medical advancements will change the prognosis. We need every conservative we have in this fight against tyranny.
Yep, but my curiosity got the best of me. LOL