[jebartle]

Originally Posted by oneclickplus

Well, it's all semantics. Technically, it's NOT your money. If it was, you could put it in your will and bequeath it to your kids. But, if you die before collecting, you get nothing (example). Also, everything you (and everyone else) ever paid has already been stolen and spent. Social security (FICA) taxes have been dumped into the general fund for decades and spent on everything from defense to missiles to food stamps to housing for illegal immigrants. It's all gone. There is no trust fund ... no lock box. It's all an accounting trick.

All you have is a promise to get payments from future taxes (and debt). The US Dollar is being destroyed and those payments will eventually be worthless. I encourage all to find / read a book "When money dies" by Adam Ferguson. This house of cards will fall / fail. The dollar and the USA will collapse. Inflation and debt are past the point of no return. This can no longer be fixed - it is a mathematical certainty. The social consequences will be catastrophic.

Think for a moment. If your money becomes worthless, how will you acquire your needs? When the dung comes in contact with the rotating blades, are you ready? If the dollar isn't accepted for food, how will you acquire food. Food shortages are already evident around you. You can live without money, silver, gold. You can not live without food & water.

What they call your social security payments is the least of your concerns.

Now that we have "a glass half empty", phew! may we also comment about "the glass half full" please