Yea!Well right now any politician that attempts that is “Voted away” You are probably right though. In about 20-30 years when me and your Dad are gone they will probably vote them away. Oh wait, thats when you will want to draw it. Never mind.
My wife draws it now. I will draw it at the earliest opportunity which will be in a little over two years.
If it is permitted to draw this money, then it would be foolish not to take it. But that does not mean that anybody should ever have voted in such a fraudulent program.
I fully anticipate that the taxable nature of my payments will change radically in coming years and the amount of the payment will probably be reduced, including additional reductions to pay for socialized medicine.
As the competitiveness of nations like Russia, India, Brazil, and China increase, it will become even more difficult to prop up this program. It was a mistake to ever implement it and the pain of addressing that mistake will only increase with time.
Like any Ponzi scheme, it is those who arrived latest who will lose the most. When that number of people reaches the tipping point, "reforms" will be made such that the program will become unrecognizable. And that will be a good thing.