Posted on 06/01/2015 2:49:39 PM PDT by BradtotheBone
Not to mention that the dollars you paid in the past were worth a lot more than today’s dollars.
No sh*t ditto. But don't owe government, as they'll come after you with punitive vengeance, interest, fines and worse. It's pay up or else.
Brought to us by the same government in D.C. who spend more tax dollars on tens of millions of illegals than what is spent on our veterans.
I feel for those in their 20s, early 30s today. They all better get good paying jobs and never spend any of it.
Are you sure of your numbers? You are 80 years old, have been paying maximum FICA every year since you were 14 years old in 1949? Wow!
I agree with the multiple government pension thing - and disability as well. You’re correct.
However, a gradual and slow raising of the age simply is not, as you put it, “asking more of our young people” - besides, it’s reasonable, logical and necessary.
I didn’t pay the maximum until I reached age 29.
There seem to be questions of whether there will be sufficient jobs for people of all ages, including recent college graduates.
But any changes to the SS eligibility age should be done 25 or so years in advance so there would be many years to plan for it by those affected. And many work beyond ages 62 and 65 now.
It's pretty dumb to have never adjusted the eligibility ages for a program started before WWII. And the adjustments would probably come only about once in a generation, if that often.
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