Social Security, Social Security, Social Security
Ponzi scheme, ponzi scheme, ponzi scheme
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If we can get past the childish bullshit here are some things to consider......
Social Security Lifts 13 Million Seniors Above the Poverty Line
Social Security Lifts 13 Million Seniors Above the Poverty Line — Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The system still will be taking in enough revenue to cover 75 percent to 80 percent of what is currently promised.
What's more, even if benefits were reduced to that level, they still would be higher in today's dollars than what current retirees are getting, according to CBO estimates.
Myths, half-truths and exaggerations - content.1
More than three-in-four Americans reject the idea of cutting Social Security benefits, according to the latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. The numbers are similar for cutting Medicare or K-12 education.
WSJ/NBC Poll: Hands Off Medicare, Social Security - Washington Wire - WSJ
So you can call it a Ponzi Scheme all you want but SS will be around for at least all of our lifetimes. There is no way ANY politician would ever vote to discontinue it.
Now of course all of you who think it's nothing more than Socialism can most certainly "MAN UP" and refuse to file for your benefits when you become eligible. And if you do sign up then you're nothing more than hypocrites.