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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
My 86 year old mother worked her entire adult life and paid her taxes. She now survives off of her SS and Medicare benefits. You have a problem with that?
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I don't have a problem with people who paid into into it getting exactly what they paid. No more. I definitely have a problem with SS being put in the general fund, and that it has no opt out clause. It would work better if it functioned like a 401K where an individual wouldn't be able to get at that money until retirement anyway. That way it's in the person's name, not the government's coffers. But we didn't have 401Ks when that whole system was set up. SS was never meant to be the sole support in retirement, either. I'm sure your mother has other means than just SS.