Originally Posted by
Joe Bauers
It became a Ponzi scheme as more and more people were included in it.
The original intention was to help poor elderly people. Now we have rich airline pilots who think that they are entitled to a government handout. I didn't realize that there were so many socialist on this forum.
We are entitled to get the benefits that we paid for. The age for full benefits for future retirees will be tweaked upwards but the performance of ones other investments has no bearing on a government benefit you paid into your entire life. Also, how do you define “rich” for the purpose of stealing a lifetime of benefits from someone who paid for it for half a century?