I asked this question the other day, and got no answer:
Why is it we could afford to invade and occupy Iraq for a decade, at the cost of $1 trillion, and stay in Afghanistan at the cost of $5 billion a month — but we can’t afford to keep paying Social Security? Why is there enough money for invasions (and nation-building abroad), but there’s not enough for seniors at home who’ve paid in their whole lives?
Just asking.
The figures you quote are ~$150 billion per year.
Social Security runs roughly $1000 billion per year.
The Iraq/Afghanistan project is nominally in defense of this country, which is a legitimate function of government.
Taking money from one person by force to give to another person, except in compensation for services rendered, is theft, and not a legitimate function of government.
Most current retirees collect what they “paid in their whole lives” within the first few years of their retirement; after that, it’s just welfare.
Any other questions you’d like answered?
By the way, Ida May Fuller, the first Social Security recipient, paid $22 in the course of her working life.
She lived to nearly 100, and collected nearly $22000 in benefits.
You in any way uncomfortable with that?
You made a wrong turn. FR is on the right, HuffPost is on the left. You also are off by orders of magnitude when comparing billions or even one trillion to our unfunded liabilities. But hey what’s a hundred trillion among friends?
a men bro.as my 750.00 a month keeps on piling up.