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To: stilloftyhenight

Social Security is nothing more or less than a social insurance scheme.

This has been ruled on by the Supreme Court as of 1960 in the case Flemming v. Nestor. No one who pays social security taxes has any property right interest in any future benefits that might be paid out. Also, the Congress can alter (increase or decrease) the payouts or eliminate them entirely.

The case arose out of a communist who was being deported back to eastern Europe. He claimed that since he paid into Social Security, he was due a payout on his way out of the country because it was money held in trust for him later on. The SCOTUS said “Sorry, no, Social Security is just a social insurance scheme.”

And that’s the real truth of Social Security.


26 posted on 10/15/2012 12:45:27 AM PDT by NVDave
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To: NVDave

So is auto insurance. Do you share the same opinion on that?


27 posted on 10/15/2012 1:45:23 AM PDT by stilloftyhenight
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