They have my money, damned right I want it back.

You present it as a binary choice. Will you not open you mind to other possibilities?

Sure. What are they?

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Consider it a roundabout way of recovering stolen property.

Why could SS not slowly be phased out? As in 10-12 years? This huge number of Baby Boomers is going to go the way of the dodo, and fewer of the population will remain. They will require less money as a whole.
Bring SS back to its original intent. Support only the orphans and widows. Not as a retirement account for the general public.

I do not understand this at all. Do you want to phase out motherhood and apple pie, too? Social Security is an unambiguous success. It has been keeping Americans out of poverty for over 70 years. It is highly efficient, with much,much lower overhead costs than similar private sector retirement vehicles. It adds nothing to the deficit and won't add anything to the deficit if we make minor adjustments every now and then.

So your contention is Americans are too stupid to keep THEMSELVES out of poverty? If so, maybe everyone should be a ward of the state. It is a highly successful program for making dependents, I'll give you that.

How did you determine that? Is it determined with the total administrative cost? How much did the congressmen who worked on it, working on it and will work on it cost in time?

Good selling point. Got a magic wand to make those adjustments?

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