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Sorry Dude. I’m not filing in with your ‘Baby Boomer’ BS. I never voted for any of this crap.

I had to work to live since I was 14, now over 50. The best culprits were the Greatest Generation that loved the newly elected Boomers with their handouts. They voted this system in wholeheartedly! Can you say Democrats?

How is it that a 70 year old gets more money from SS than they ever got paid monthly in their entire lifetime?

July 22, 2010
Social Security Staggers Toward Collapse
Posted by Van Helsing at July 22, 2010 10:02 AM

Liberals often point to Social Security as the definitive accomplishment of collectivism in America. Sure it required their idol Franklin Roosevelt to set himself up as a dictator and steamroll over the Constitution, but it was worth it to guarantee that no one needs to take responsibility for their own retirement plans.

Few realize just how much money the government steals from them on behalf of this program, because employers match employee contributions, which are expropriated from your paycheck before you even see the money. This means that if you’re self-employed like yours truly, you have to pay twice as much. Four times a year I am forced to send a big fat check to Washington. Social Security takes up more space in my budget than discretionary spending. What will I get for the money? According to Gallup, most people agree that the answer is nothing:

Six in 10 Americans who have not yet retired believe they will get no Social Security benefits when they retire, more pessimistic than at any time since Gallup began asking this question in 1989. Similarly, retired Americans are now significantly more likely than they were five years ago to believe their existing Social Security benefits will eventually be cut.

Meanwhile, the government allows illegal aliens to collect Social Security, even for jobs obtained through false or stolen documents.

How long will Social Security stay solvent? It’s hard to say, when our rulers won’t let us know how bad its finances have gotten....”