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i vote no, and i am over 40.
i vote no, and i am over 40.
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My age has nothing to do with it so I didn't vote in the poll.
The answer is yes regardless.
I would prefer to give it up and have what I have paid in returned to me to invest how I see fit.
except you were never promised what you paid in.
They can take my Social Security when they pry it from my cold dead hands.
i asked for age specifically becasue i think older people would vote dirrentelty than younger people. i was also hoping for those who deride entitlement programs to weigh in......no surprise they have not.
i asked for age specifically becasue i think older people would vote dirrentelty than younger people. i was also hoping for those who deride entitlement programs to weigh in......no surprise they have not.
see, you and i agree. why should anyone think it's fair to give the wealthy tax breaks when the same people want to take away ss? how can people be so stupid?
see, you and i agree. why should anyone think it's fair to give the wealthy tax breaks when the same people want to take away ss? how can people be so stupid?
I'am 40. I'am willing to give up my social security, based upon the current SS witholdings being placed into a private account. Preferably a 401K type.
except you were never promised what you paid in.
What makes social security so sacrosanct? Is it because another generation promised themselves security in their retirements that they might not deserve? Is it because you have been conditioned to suck the tit of the government in your old age the same way you did your mother's in your infancy? Why is the younger generation to be saddled with the debt of helping the older one keep promises it never should have made at our expense anyway?
I recall a member on another board, very conservative, who touted the investing of his SS. He lost a crap load the last Wllstreet down turn. He admitted his error in thinking. If your young enough, you can recover from these things, but if they happen late, you lose. A gamble is a gamble, always.
quite a nasty response. hmm.
wow. in a word, no. got anything sensible to add, or do you plan to just post bull****?
quite a nasty response. hmm.
wow. in a word, no. got anything sensible to add, or do you plan to just post bull****?
How can you miss the point so badly?
I agree with you. The gamble could also apply to me collecting SS. One can have faith in the entitlement not going bankrupt. One can also have faith in the market to fund his/her retirement.
the ss mess has an easy fix. increase the cap on earnings.
the ss mess has an easy fix. increase the cap on earnings.