10-20-2010, 02:43 PM
|
 |
Registered User
|
|
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Amish Country, PA
Posts: 296
|
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by 450slcguy
Talk to your elder relatives and the 50+ million senior citizens who contributed to SS their whole life and are now are reaping the benefits of that program. I'm pretty sure most will rebuke your claims of "stolen money".
Personally, I kinda like the fact that for the most part we don't have 10's of millions of elderly senior citizens starving to death living in the streets. Well worth the 6% contribution we all make.
Given the greed and selfishness I see amongst many, I'm not certain they'd open up their homes and support their elderly parents/relatives. That's what families did before SS, and still do in nations that have no social benefits. Tell me, ARE YOU WILLING TO THAT in lieu of paying SS?
|
\
BUT_ the peoplethat are getting the SS benfits now are NOT GETTING BACK THE MONEY THEY PAID IN,
They are getting back the monet thawe are paying now. The whole theory behind SS was it was designed to help SECURE you golden years, Not fund them entirely.
OH an by the way it is 13.8% of your income. 6.4% taking from you 6.4% funded by your employer.
As a former employer the amount of revenue you can make me comes into play for your hourly wage. I and all the other employer must figure out what you as the employee are going to cost us before we can hire you.
Now before this goes to long absolutely I am will to de fund the whole SS administration if and only if it went back to to the original design.
Last point how many people die before reaching 62,5 years and never see a dime of the SS that was taken from them????? I can think of a few. Most of them with the same last name as me . So If pay into a system for the next 30 years till I am allowed to retire and fall over dead the next day can my estate get a refund on the money that big brother STOLE in the name of MY golden years?? HELL NO! People need to look back at the depression generation to take a few lessons on how to live. If you don't have the cash for it you cant afford it. The only person you should depend on to take care of you is you not some over-payed A!@#HOLE in a suit in DC promising to give you $250 stimulus check because you did not get a COLA this year(But you can bet your behind they got there COLA)\\
OK rant over
__________________
86 300SDL. 250,xxx on #14 Head. One eye always on temp gauge.  . Cruising towards 300K 
|