I have had a wonderful life of overcoming adversity, facing challenges and being rewarded with a wonderful family; like millions of others - so sympathy is redundant.
The personal details were simply an illustration of how the majority of working people, such as myself, made forced contributions to the SS program for 30 to 50 years; trusting that it would deliver on its premise and promises.
While ON OUR WATCH - we delivered - by working and contributing to the SS fund and paying exorbitant taxes, with few deductions (no childcare, no mortgage for renters) so check your facts before generalizing about negligent citizens. The Government seized control of our lives a long time ago.
Social Security did not make promises. The promises were made by politicians elected by the American people including you and all of these other working people you mention. Those promises were transparently fraudulent all along and yet you and the corrupt politicians mutually played along. Now the inevitable time of reckoning is at hand and you want future taxpayers to suffer to make good on your past lies. That is irrational, immoral, and simply won't work.
While ON OUR WATCH - we delivered - by working and contributing to the SS fund and paying exorbitant taxes, with few deductions (no childcare, no mortgage for renters) so check your facts before generalizing about negligent citizens. The Government seized control of our lives a long time ago.
While on your watch you elected a succession of governments that created this mess right in front of your face all along. Someone has to take the hit for this nonsense. Who? Future taxpayers? Why are taxpayers not yet born more responsible for these failures than you are? It makes no sense, slick.