Actually, the biggest hoax ever was Social Security. It dispossessed more would-be millionaires than any program in the history of any government on earth.
High on the list is the first implementation of Obamacare, which lived up to none of its promises., and raised everybody's medical costs yuugely.
The idea that we should replace that awful government program, with yet another big government program, is very questionable.
Social Security was not intended as an entitlement. The average life expectancy at its implementation was 61.7 years. It was insurance, intended for those who lived beyond the mean.
Only 5.4% of the population was over 65 at that time.
Today, 14.9% of our population is over 65. More than 135% of the entire population of Canada.
We need to raise the SS eligibility age to 70 and index it to 9 percent of the population.
Are you ******* kidding me?!
They need to do away with SS!
You got people who've been living off of SSI
and have never paid a dime into SS!
Let people save their own money
and fend for themselves!
That's the way it should be, but with the political correctness of the bleeding hearts. But the fate of this country was sealed many many decades ago... socialism takes no prisoners
That's the way it should be, but with the political correctness of the bleeding hearts. But the fate of this country was sealed many many decades ago... socialism takes no prisoners
Damn straight, that's the way it should be!
The only reason they raise the age for eligibility
is because the funds are not available to cover people
They need people to work longer to generate money
just to cover people receiving it already.
Then, you have to figure in all the revenue that was lost
after the unemployment skyrocketed in '08
My father was able to take an early retirement.
He took a cut in what he received but, was still decent.
He died before becoming eligible to receive a dime
of the SS he paid over the course of his working life....
My mother couldn't collect his SS because
they were only married for 9 1/2 yrs and not the required 10!
OMG...I ******* WENT NUTS ON THE GUY!
When my mother became ill and before she moved in
with one of my sister's, and despite the fact that
between my 3 siblings, they were more than financially
capable and willing to care for my mother....
I made it my mission to collect anything
and everything my mother was eligible for...and that I did!
SS will be bankrupt long before the time I'm eligible...
It probably already is!
The government is like a giant Ponzi scheme,
and, eventually, people will have to
pull their heads out of their ass and deal with it!