Social Security benefits, for decades, have not been restricted to people who have paid into them. As for Medicare, it has been a disaster since conception, completely altering the cost structure of health care, corrupting the motives of practitioners, and creating the crisis that the Left is now employing to try to turn a population of once free people into a dependent clientele.
For anyone interested in a more detailed analysis of what is involved, see Medicare--Panacea Or Death Potion?.
I do not know if the statistics, in the article posted at the top, are correct. But it becomes daily more clear that we have to very seriously discuss whether those who draw unearned Governmental benefits, should be allowed to vote for officers in the Government that subsidizes them. If that is not a conflict of interest, what is.
William Flax
Yes spouses can even without working get some benefits BUT the other spouse must have worked and contributed.A single person who somehow never worked and without any other qualifiers can’t collect SS
and yes there are benefits for disabled.
but the vast majority of workers pay into both SS andmedicare for decadesand if they are employed the employer pays into it as well
which makes it a completely different item than entitlements that give money and benefits to people who never contributed a dime..
That is my issue
I said nothing about whether either program can’t be fine tuned and made better.