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It takes money from one person and gives it to another.
It has no positive effect on the economy as a whole as it creates ZERO wealth.
It may help some people financially but not before hurting someone else financially.
Poverty is alleviated because of capitalism. It's the only thing that has ever helped poor people get unpoor.
Any evidence to back up your assertions? From where I sit, Social Security which one pays through a payroll tax, has changed senior's live, who used to live desperate lives, into dignified retirements. Hows you can characterize that in negative light is beyond me.
Any evidence to back up your assertions? From where I sit, Social Security which one pays through a payroll tax, has changed senior's live, who used to live desperate lives, into dignified retirements. Hows you can characterize that in negative light is beyond me.
So, the gov't forced them to have their employer to take x amount out of their paycheck and add a matching amount and send it to the gov't.
Suppose, instead, the gov't bought U.S.Savings Bonds with all that money? Or even opened a separate bank account in their name.
So, the gov't forced them to have their employer to take x amount out of their paycheck and add a matching amount and send it to the gov't.
Suppose, instead, the gov't bought U.S.Savings Bonds with all that money? Or even opened a separate bank account in their name.
Would they be better off then WITH SS?
Who cares? The success of Social Security is indisputable and seniors live better than they previously did. If you want to argue about changes to the program, go write ahead, it's your time you're wasting.
Who cares? The success of Social Security is indisputable and seniors live better than they previously did. If you want to argue about changes to the program, go write ahead, it's your time you're wasting.
The "success" of Social Security is based on the losses of workers who pay in for decades and die before collecting.
The "success" of Social Security is based on the losses of workers who pay in for decades and die before collecting.
Go right ahead and start a movement to eliminate Social Security. Just one warning, don't show your Powerpoint presentation at any senior centers. You may not make it out alive.
Go right ahead and start a movement to eliminate Social Security. Just one warning, don't show your Powerpoint presentation at any senior centers. You may not make it out alive.
So you admit that the system is corrupt because the workers who lose all their money can't vote, and that's okay.
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