He has a point.
He has no point that hasn't been made, ad nauseum, for 40/50 years now. The SS 'system' exists because the political system wanted it. Don't blame those who have fought that system for forty years or more.
Like it or not, you're beneficiary of stolen tax dollars in the form of intergenerational welfare payments.
And so are your grandparents, etc. -- Do you run about at family gatherings calling them thieves? - Get real and use your energy to change the system, instead of insulting your peers on FR.
Odd. I would have imagined that you'd instantly understand and admit that All transfer payments are theft. Including Socialist Security.
It's no different than any other form of welfare.
But I won't belabor the point.
So let us get outraged and rant a bit and then help us channel our anger into your plan for doing away with the theft. You do have a plan, don't you!? After 40/50 years of this someone has to have come up with something by now.
And so are your grandparents, etc. -- Do you run about at family gatherings calling them thieves?
I'm not very popular at family gatherings. This might have something to do with it. My parents are nearing SS age and are carefully avoiding the subject. I sent them a copy of this article though.