Originally Posted by Cyio

Let me guess, you are single and under 35, otherwise just a total *******. I am willing to bet you haven't spent a day raising kids if you think someone who stays at home raising them shouldn't get access to their spouses SS. You do realize that often times it's the very fact that someone "isnt" working that allows the other to go into a higher paying job, which in turn allows them to pay more into the system? I couldn't do what I do if my spouse didnt stay at home.

I hate our system of SS as well and think it needs a rework but I dont think we should punish people that have been paying in and now because of some fluke they lose it. Lets make it a mandatory thing but allow us to place it into private investments or mutual funds.