Originally Posted by
ShyGuy
SS was supposed to be a backup. A safety net.
Instead, it ended up being a case where today 39% rely completely on SS as their sole retirement income, and over 70% rely on it as half their retirement income. That was not intended to be the goal or the purpose of the program. We let it get like this.
And by "we" you mean pro corporate lobbies and their selected candidates who allowed the government to neuter unions in our country leading to the greatest shift of wealth from the middle class to the wealthy class in our history?