You most likely already got your money back and then some. You boomers are bleeding us dry. Please stop!
nobama’s plan is already working...exacerbating class warfare...even on FR. Sheesh!
BTW, I don't have SS but think people should be given what they were promised. It's not like they had a CHOICE contributing to it!
BTW-2, hi!
Can’t be talking boomers, this is only the second year eligible for medicare. Must be the Greatest Generation you are berating.
I dumped money down the government toilet my whole working life against my will, so just keep working hard and paying your taxes so I can recoup at least part of it. Old Lancey needs those SS checks to help with the boat payments and casino trips. If you don’t like it, tough crap. Ping me when the welfare, SSDI, food stamps, Head Start breakfasts and lunches, Section 8 Housing, and all the rest of the Democrat moocher handouts are eliminated. Until then, STFU and go play in the street.
Thank you. That is all.
You are kinda incorrect. The people who really got a good deal from the Medicare system are the old people who were forced onto it in 1965.
Still even they were screwed. My grandparents had White Cross Insurance sold to the elderly by Blue Cross/Blue Shield prior to Medicare passage. It was better than Medicare and cost less money. They had no choice, and neither do the boomers. If you are age 65, it’s the only game in town. Even if you are still working, the company often requires you to take Medicare and a supplement instead of the company policy.
We are only a few years into the boomer retirement, so you can’t blame them for the red ink. If you must have a scapegoat, Put the blame on Congress who lets people draw from the systems that haven’t paid into it, and keeps spending money hand over fist to buy votes.
Further more, even if they ended the program and returned all you paid in, it wouldn’t be fair. No one can go back in time and invest that money to have some hope of providing for themselves if they need to. Nor are there insurance products to purchase even if you could afford it.
During Reagan’s term, the deal was struck that retirement age for boomers was delayed and the amount paid in going forward was supposed to be enough extra to cover the big retirement boom. It was supposed to be held in trust, cover the red ink.
That trust fund is still “on the books” and bonds are being redeemed to cover the red ink. The trust fund is not yet depleted, so again that’s not on the boomers.
Those selfish boomers paid for their parents retirement and at the same time paid for their future retirement. After the great society program there wasn’t a heck of a lot of money left to provide for family let alone retirement.
By the way those maligned boomers readily agreed to keep paying into the system for their grandparents and parents sakes, and didn’t grumble about the raised taxes either. They just sucked it up and kept on working and trying to save some additional money to provide for their old age.
None of the boomers I know ever ever told the old people you greedly old geezers are bleeding us dry just stop it. We cared about our parents and grand parents - we didn’t want them to starve, do without medical care, or become dependent on welfare public or private. Of course, I only knew mid west boomers. Maybe you are thinking of the liberal west/east coast types??????
Unlike you, You who are giving an impression of greedy selfishness for fellow citizens who worked hard and paid into the system.
I don’t want my kids to suffer either. That’s why I bought a bunch of life insurance when me and my husband were young. When I die they’ll be approaching retirement and can invest their share and come out ahead.
You just play into the socialists hands when you make such statements. They want the generational warfare, and the class warfare. Divided we are easier to defeat.
Stupid and moronic is not enough to describe such an idiot. Go ahead, defend how this is even possible yet. I think I'll be waiting days (months, years, ad infinitum) for any kind of reasonable response......
I’m in my early 50’s. Explain to me @sshat how I’m bleeding you dry!?
“You most likely already got your money back and then some. You boomers are bleeding us dry. Please stop!”
I’m a boomer, and you’re right. This is the most selfish generation of people I’ve ever seen. They were when they were young and they still are.
Everyone needs to give a bit to fix this mess. I can do with 10% less SS. I won’t like it, but if everyone else had to, I would do so gladly.
Now, this almost nothing interest rate for savings is another thing...that’s just going to bail out Obamas big bank donors, and why Senior Citizens aren’t up in arms over it is beyond me.
F You!!!!! I am 55 and haven't gotten, and may not get a red cent from the gubmit once it is seaid and done. Took on $100K damage from Hurricane Rita, and didn't get a dime from the government either. Also have paid over $600,000 in income tax through the years. How about you?
Take your phoney blame elsewhere punk.