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Originally Posted by ptownrob
Were you asking this question while happily living on Social Security and Medicare. Or was it while you were driving on nicely paved highways with traffic lights to avoid accidents? Perhaps it was while you were drinking a glass of water that was clean to your government's standards. Or taking your medicine that is regulated by your FDA. Perhaps it was eating a burger that was not full of rancid meat and rat droppings, or maybe while you were safe in your home becasue your fire and police and the U.S. Military are watching over you for your safety.
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So far as I know, no-one on this board was given the option to not pay into Social Security and save that portion of their income. Social Security was conceived as an inter-generational Ponzi scheme with each following generation paying for the ones before it. As any Ponzi scheme goes broke when the number of suckers willing to jump in can no longer support the outflow. This has now happened to Social Security and benefit cuts are coming. My children know that they will never receive a dime from Social Security. By the time they would become age eligible, the 'means testing' will eliminate them. Medicare is in similar straits. Let's stop this BS and start discussing with some concept of reality.