“So folks, let’s say you were given the authority to fix the SS problem, what would you propose to cause the least pain? “
Cut of SS to illegals and people who did not contribute. Stop the SS disability scam for people who aren’t really disabled like the children whose parents get a ‘crazy letter’ from a doctor because their children are on meds.
How about this -— DISALLOW CONGRESS FROM USING/BORROWING THE MONEY CONTRIBUTED TO SOCIAL SECURITY FOR TODAY’s SPENDING.
*THAT* alone would be a biggie.
RE: Cut of SS to illegals and people who did not contribute.
What would you say is the percentage of Social Security money going to illegals?
Yep. Disability really does need to be eliminated. However, a lot of us have planned our retirement around SS benefits which we were FORCED to pay for decades. If benefits are cut it could ruin us - literally.
This is one of the reasons we moved from Seattle to Rural KY, where we can have a nice home an acreage with a modest monthly payment on a 15 year mortgage. A divorce wiped out my savings and also affected my ability to build it back up. SS will save me from the consequences of that. I turn 66 in 2020.