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Originally Posted by Guest
Very good post. IF everyone did the 401k, it would be wonderful, but that does not happen. The SS is a safety net to supplement your other retirement plan. That is why Means Testing is a good idea. If, according to a sliding table, your retirement income is high enough to get along just fine with less than, or none, of the SS money, you are able to draw a reduced amount or no SS at all.
The SS safety net is there for those in need, not for those who do not need it.
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Dear Guest: I understand your intent on being reasonable and fair. However, we are dealing with the government and dealing with the government is like dealing with a drunk. If you believe a Means Test is fair then be ready for when the government decides that you are making too much money and pulls your SS. The government did not provide a Means Test when they were withdrawing from people and the more you made the longer they pulled from your check.
Secondly these same people mismanage fund and have the audacity to blame beneficiaries/recipients
Thirdly why is it that decisions such
as means Testing ACA, etc are good or necessary for us but not them?
Fourth why is it they can serve two years or so and qualify for lifetime benefits and pensions?
Ben Carson's suggestion is new, needs refinement but basically is directed at the government and insurance carriers who control the medical field with unwarranted regulations fee schedules that are reduced on a continuum and administrative duties that only support their need to control.
Take electronic medical reports the demands from government/insurers are so great that doctors time is being pulled away from patient care to fill in boxes for bureaucrats .
Before you dismiss Carson's suggestion learn more about. It may not be feasible, prudent ,etc but what is going on with our healthcare amounts to the government/insurers squeezing the system to meet their goals while the quality of care diminishes
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