[pogo101]

Most "greedy grandparents" paid through the nose for social security for forty years and more, and got back far less than if they had put the money in a private retirement account

Do you have any hard data to support that assertion? I seem to remember reading that the return is pretty darned good for those who live past their early 70s (at which point it's a break-even of sorts).

Whether or not you have hard supporting data, your statement doesn't justify the just-passed vampiric bloodsuck drug entitlement.

[45Auto]

In order not to take more out than I had stolen, I will settle for a check for the full amount taken from me over my working lifetime, as long as A) it is not subject to income tax and B) the bastards stop taking any more SS money from me. Other than that, I want every effing dime, or there's going to be trouble.

[holdmuhbeer]

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