Why not just go back to pre ACA and allow the states to do as they wish rather than making it a national issue?
Left-wingers can't allow people to have a different plan, than their plan, because then people will see socialism sucks.
This is why in the 1980s, they allowed people to put their Social Security into private accounts, and they ended that program. The problem was, everyone got tons more money from their private accounts, than Social Security.
It was showing everyone that SS sucks. So they banned that program.
I'm very depressed to hear that. I have been living very well on Social Security for almost 10 years. Hell, I thought I was happy....
Happy is more a result of your internal character. I've met people who lived on $10,000 a year, who were happy.
Equally I've met people who earn double what I do, and they are absolutely miserable.
The idea that money and free stuff makes you happy, is ridiculous
As for your retirement... Again, your retirement might be garbage, and still be very happy with how crappy a retirement you have. I know people who live on Social Security, like they are impoverished Haitians, and seem relatively happy.
But being happy with what you have, doesn't mean what you have is super amazing. I have an 03 Grand Marquis. I love it. But I'm not under the illusion that my Grand Marquis is the best thing on the road.
No matter how you look at Social Security, it sucks. You can be very happy living on Social Security (until we run out of money like Greece), but that still doesn't mean Social Security is a great retirement. It isn't. By every possible measure, every other retirement system is better than social security.
In fact.... If you invest the same amount of money into a Mutual fund of US bonds... which ironically the US would use to pay Social Security.... you end up with a better retirement than Social Security.
That's just a fact. Doesn't mean you can't be happy living on less. Tons of people live on less than I do, and are happy. But that doesn't change the facts. Social Security is a terrible retirement. It'll be even worse when we run out of money and we will, at some point.
Thank you for the guidance, Oprah! Now that I know that my social security retirement here in paradise in my resort retirement community in Southern AZ, I will endeavor to spend less time drinking margaritas while watching the sunset against the mountains, and more time complaining about the government that made that possible!
So both of my grandmothers went to retirement homes. One was a private home, because my grandfather had saved up tons of money in stock, and she lived off that. Wonderful place. Red carpet. Wine on tap 24/7. (not particularly great wine, but nonetheless). Movie theater. Workshops. All kinds of stuff.
Then my other grandma, the one I was closer with ironically, was a life long Democrat. She said the Democrats would take care of her. Her words not mine. She believed this so strongly, that she also believed that after 65 she didn't have to file her taxes. Again, her words, not mine. My parents spent months on months paying accountants, to fix her taxes. She ended up in a government care home. It was so terrible, my parents end up having her live with them until she died.
I don't know what paradise you are living in, but I'm all for it. I want everyone to win. Nothing makes me happier, than to know someone else is doing well.
However, in general terms.... people who live off government, don't end up well.