Thanks for admitting the program was a Ponzi scheme from its inception. And maybe you think 5m is “rich” but plenty think 1m is rich, half a million is rich, etc. Pay for a benefit they steal from you after you paid into it your entire life. Maybe their insane “unrealized gains” taxes will help fix it too lol.

Absolutely agree. To start with, I should be able to opt out. That would be a great way to fix it. Why should I pay for others? And don't give me that garbage about "society" and "helping others". I work hard, I want my money. It's bad enough I pay 6 figures in income tax and receive very little benefit of that 6 figures EVERY year.

Because SS has never been a personal retirement plan.

Today’s payers fund today’s recipients.

I know that’s anthema to all the (R)s here, but that’s how it is.

nope. don’t plan on using it to retire, just to fund my monthly sailboat payment.

There's the left-wing buzzword we've been waiting for.

The government to pick up the slack? Did the government pay into his SS?

no. They just severely mismanaged it.

sounds awesome!

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.

His SS never existed.