do not EVER compare welfare recipients and S.S. people in the same sentence....I am 72 years old, on s.s. and have been paying into it for over 50 years....We've paid our dues and the dumbocrats have developed the welfare system to get themselves votes.....one group is getting a return on their investment, the other is bleeding you dry....wake up
“We’ve paid our dues”
Lots of people pay and are going to get nothing. Whatever you get in SS, deserved or not, it most definitely is NOT a “return on investment”.
Your SS check comes out of the same tax receipts/deficit spending as every other government expenditure.
While offensive to you, SS and welfare are a lot closer than you think, and at some point in the future are likely to be one and the same.
Nobody ever said “thank you” to you when they took your taxes, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t have compassion for those that work hard, pay taxes, yet must struggle today.
So take your check, spend it, enjoy it, but don’t try to claim it’s a return on investment. It’s not, and it’s beeen decided in court that it is not.
Just so you know, my Mom worked her fingers to the bone, and is your age, and her SS check is not enough to even pay rent. No worries though, because her kids take care of her money issues. The kids will always support Mom. Always.
God Bless you and ‘tighten that belt’, because the president wants you to sacrifice even more, because Holder's People need a chance too!
Geeze....what has happened to our country?
Vote the Marxist out in 2012.
Now, you’re on the receiving end of the socialism and we’re all supposed to shut up and pay you what you think you’re due, eh? We all are still paying and we aren’t going to see a damn thing. But what do you care, right? As long as you get what’s (y)ours, right.
“do not EVER compare welfare recipients and S.S. people in the same sentence....I am 72 years old, on s.s. and have been paying into it for over 50 years....”
And sorry that you got sucker punched. SS is just another form of welfare. It’s just not as means tested as AFDC or food stamps.
There are millions of people who live off of SS who are neither old or severely disabled. This is particularly true since AFDC was abolished.
You realize, of course, that the dues you paid over 50 years did not go into your own SS retirement account. There's no such thing. Your dues went to current retirees while you where working. Now, your retirement benefits are being paid for by current workers, like me. You'll really be unhappy when the system crashes and taxpayers refuse to be held hostage to this legalized Ponzi scheme.