IMHO most US citizens on SS have paid in over many years under the guise of a contract with the government. It is not an entitlement like welfare. People pay in with non tax deductive dollars they earn. Upon reaching 62 or older they should receive their SS payments as calculated under SS guidelines.
Unfortunately the system is being heavily tapped by medicaid and disability fraud as well as the burden of illegal immigrants getting into it one way or another.
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