I am now being called a “Moocher” because I expect the government to return some of the Social Security deductions they withheld from my paycheck for fifty-four years?
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Yes, these fools sure have their priorities in order don’t they?
Remember when B Clinton stated that it didn’t make a difference, be you a Military Retiree, a food stamp recipient, a welfare recipient, a Govt Retiree, on SS, the ‘common denominator’ was it was a GOVT WRITTEN CHECK, thus no difference.... Of course he also said that those of us that ‘joined’ the Navy/USMC/USAF when there was a draft, were avoiding the draft, so how could we accuse him.
While each statement - in conclusion - is technically correct, his reasoning is definitely flawed....
Also, Chris Rock had a routine a while back where his father used to take him down to Wall Street and tell him to ‘thank’ the workers for keeping him in food and clothes - he also said Never Rob these people, in fact make sure they get back and forth to the subway daily so they can continue working.
according to some on this site... yes.
i have been contributing to socialist security for over 40 years now, and am being told I am greedy for wanting what I paid into...
hell, i even told these people that are calling me greedy, that you can give me back what I paid in, and keep the employer match..
no, I am still greedy and stealing from future generations..
these future generations want to steal what is mine, what I paid into for 40 years, and THEY are calling ME greedy..
generational theft is right... the upcoming generations want to steal from me, what I worked for and what I paid for...
screw ‘em
Not that I would call someone expecting their monthly Social Security check a “moocher”, but do you really believe there’s a 1-to-1 ratio between what you will receive versus what you paid in?
I am happy that some of my tax dollars can make their way to folks like you.Work for 54 years,you deserve every penny you get.
Friend, the money you paid in the past is irrelevant to whether or not you’ll get anything back.
Right now the money you get is taken from somebody else who earned it, along with people who will be told to earn it in the future
This is true for anyone who gets a government check.
Nothing else matters.
You do not deserve other people’s money.
Your time to complain was when you were paying. Now that you are collecting a better strategy for you and other folks that get checks is to be nice to taxpayers, who are on the verge of dropping out of the tax base in increasing (worrisome) numbers.
Try being grateful for what other people give you. That the folks that took your money in the past were ungrateful is no reason for you to be rude and disrespectful to those who pay you today.
Those are the uncomfortable facts, my friend. You should get comfortable with them, or you’ll be making it all too easy for folks to feel good about cutting you off from their money.
***I am now being called a “Moocher”****
The SS program was set up to be self sufficient. Here is what was said back in 1964.
http://www.ssa.gov/history/ssa/usa1964-2.html
Self-Supporting
“The program is designed so that contributions plus interest on the investments of the social security trust funds will be sufficient to meet all of the costs of benefits and administration, now and into the indefinite future—without any subsidy from the general funds of the Government.
Both the Congress and the Executive Branch, regardless of political party in power, have scrupulously provided in advance for full financing of all liberalizations in the program.”
And here is where the money went. Read and weep.
http://www.socialsecurity.gov/OACT/ProgData/fundFAQ.html#n4
Do you expect to get your $$ back when you’re mugged/robbed?
Why is gov’t any different? ‘Cuz they SAID so??
You payed into a Ponzi scheme for ~40yrs. $$ is gone and long spent. How about they give you the nice IOU print-out instead?