“It will be my objective to phase out Social Security." - Sen. Mike Lee says the quiet part out loud.

[Lakhota]

"to pull it up by the roots and get rid of it".

Well, that's plain enough for me! What do you think?

 

[Rambunctious]

Two Key words... phase out...
social security really does not give people enough to live on as it is... so if it goes away in 25 years and is replaced with a better plan that would be a good thing...

 

[1srelluc]

I'd not trust Mike Lee as far as I could toss him.....Too much retarded UT Morman in him.

BTW......He is a direct descendant of John D. Lee who was one of the perps of the Mountain Meadows Massacre.

On March 23, 1877, Lee was executed by firing squad (finally, 20 years later) at Mountain Meadows on the site of the 1857 massacre.

 

[Lesh]

Two Key words... phase out...
social security really does not give people enough to live on as it is... so if it goes away in 25 years and is replaced with a better plan that would be a good thing...

It the basis of my retirement and that of many others.

Add a pension or a 401 and you do well.

Without SS I’d be fucked and so would a LOT of people

 

[kyzr]

Two Key words... phase out...
social security really does not give people enough to live on as it is... so if it goes away in 25 years and is replaced with a better plan that would be a good thing...

Lee better not touch SS except to "fix" it by raising the cap.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

It the basis of my retirement and that of many others.

Add a pension or a 401 and you do well.

Without SS I’d be fucked and so would a LOT of people

Understood, but why didn't you prepare?

I would rather see a better program that provides a better return. Bush had the right idea with the private accounts and he got demonized over it.

 

[1srelluc]

Two Key words... phase out...
social security really does not give people enough to live on as it is... so if it goes away in 25 years and is replaced with a better plan that would be a good thing...

I'd be all for "a better plan" but not one Mike Lee had anything to do with.....You gotta watch that fucker.

 

[kyzr]

Understood, but why didn't you prepare?

I would rather see a better program that provides a better return. Bush had the right idea with the private accounts and he got demonized over it.

The problem is that all the new money coming in SS gets paid out as benefits.
There was a surplus during boomers working, now boomers are collecting benefits.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

I have met Mike and know him slightly. He means get rid of it, period, and nothing to replace it.

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

I have met Mike and know him slightly. He means get rid of it, period, and nothing to replace it.

Uncap the tax and it will pay for Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and VA.

 

[1srelluc]

I have met Mike and know him slightly. He means get rid of it, period, and nothing to replace it.

You are the company you keep.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

The problem is that all the new money coming in SS gets paid out as benefits.
There was a surplus during boomers working, now boomers are collecting benefits.

Correct. That's called a Ponzi Scheme.

 

[pknopp]

Things like this is how Democrats gain power again. Party zealots can simply not control themselves.

 

[Votto]

Not sure why people want to be dependent on government programs that will only be scaled back year after year until they are gone.

Social Security was originally set by FDR at an age when most people died. You were never meant to collect.

 

[kyzr]

Correct. That's called a Ponzi Scheme.

SS works, it needs occasional fine-tuning. Raising the cap is the best fix option to keep SS solvent for the long-term.

 

[Mr Natural]

Raise or eliminate the earnings cap.

Problem solved.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

"to pull it up by the roots and get rid of it".

Well, that's plain enough for me! What do you think?

When did he say that?

 

[1srelluc]

Not sure why people want to be dependent on government programs that will only be scaled back year after year until they are gone.

Social Security was originally set by FDR at an age when most people died. You were never meant to collect.

It was not meant to be raided by politicians either.

It was not made to pay out billions in "disability" for prime aged workers either.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Raise or eliminate the earnings cap.

Problem solved.

How does that solve the problem?
If a rich guy pays twice as much in and gets twice as much out, it still goes broke.

 

[kyzr]

Not sure why people want to be dependent on government programs that will only be scaled back year after year until they are gone.

Social Security was originally set by FDR at an age when most people died. You were never meant to collect.

SS has been working perfectly since its inception. It needs to be fixed or we only get 70% of promised benefits after 2034.