Yeah, because there have been so many politicians who have called old people out on their welfare checks. Sure. Whatever.
paying taxes and FICA.
No, not "paying taxes and FICA." It's paying FICA taxes. You're the one who needs semantics to rationalize their check. It's not me playing word games by parroting politicians.
For you to say that my collecting Social Security (after contributing for over 50 years) is parallel to Shaniqua getting issued food stamps, while your example may be true as far as words go...
It has nothing to do with words. It's reality. There is no fund that you contributed to.
You know it's really been eye-opening to me to get on these SS threads on FR, and see the lengths to which some people will go to rationalize their getting a government welfare check.
And it's mind-boggling to listen to supposed conservatives not actually talk about the law as it was passed but instead use what were lines in Democrat campaign literature in 1934 and 1936. That's where this whole "insurance", "pension" and "account" language entered into the public square.
I mean can you believe it? You as a self-identifying conservative are not arguing the actuality of it, but just repeating what are 75 year old Democrat campaign slogans. It truly fits in the ironic category.
You definitely do sound like a politician.
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Well, we can sit here and banty back and forth and really get nowhere.
You may be ‘correct’ in your wording etc, but to sit there and say a ‘plan’ I paid into is not only bogus, but you are calling welfare and to liken it to someone drawing food stamps, while in the ‘true sense’ of the word in itself may be right, the comparison is wrong.
It can’t be an entitlement, because the Government doesn’t tax entitlements, it taxes EARNED income.
I am reminded of the old saying “Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference”.