Originally Posted by gloopy

While I would free that most don’t get that the inner machinations of it, that transcends R or D by a flyover country mile. People paying into it for half a century being told it will be stolen from them for Marxist theology wealth redistribution simply won’t go over well. What you advocate for most likely will not happen. Instead they will just taper benefits for everyone and bridge the gap with devalued inflated dollars like all fiat schemes do.

SS is “too big to (politically) fail” so it will be watered down for everyone. Also, saying your lifetime paid in benefits will be completely stolen from you because you’re “rich” and don’t need it is the definition of a political diatribe.