USA-P talks about the few who would be irresponsible while ignoring the failure that is SS and the damage it causes.
Leftists are known for their distrust of and contempt of their fellow man. You are living proof.
You've nixed repealing SS. You've nixed modifying SS so that people can invest their own money (even a 2% solution as proposed by Dubya). You've nixed allowing people to own their retirement fund thus allowing them to bequeath it to the charity/person of their choice. There's simply no reasoning or compromising with him. He wants the full 12.4%, and he would actually like more of your money so that he might do more social engineering.
USA-P is not alone. He and many others (all leftists) want the SS status-quo rip-off because it allows them the power to act on their contempt. The others who want it are or the under-educated, math-challenged. Being dumb doesn't give you the right to take my money from my family and damage the US economy by restricting investment.
As a result, we have people wasting 12% of their annual income, each year for their entire working lives. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost saving and investment. Hurting both the individual and the businesses in which he might invest, as well as family and charities who might be the beneficiary of his largesse.
Not to mention the hit that Liberty takes under this system and the expansion of government spending as it steals SS funds.
USA-P and others who have argued in favor of SS status quo, you've not been able to address our points. The arguments are with us. All you have on your side is the brute force that comes with a majority vote in Congress and the hired guns they use to enforce it. Eventually we will win. Stupidity and socialism can't last forever.
Rick
Leftists are known for their distrust of and contempt of their fellow man. You are living proof.
You've nixed repealing SS. You've nixed modifying SS so that people can invest their own money (even a 2% solution as proposed by Dubya). You've nixed allowing people to own their retirement fund thus allowing them to bequeath it to the charity/person of their choice. There's simply no reasoning or compromising with him. He wants the full 12.4%, and he would actually like more of your money so that he might do more social engineering.
USA-P is not alone. He and many others (all leftists) want the SS status-quo rip-off because it allows them the power to act on their contempt. The others who want it are or the under-educated, math-challenged. Being dumb doesn't give you the right to take my money from my family and damage the US economy by restricting investment.
As a result, we have people wasting 12% of their annual income, each year for their entire working lives. Hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost saving and investment. Hurting both the individual and the businesses in which he might invest, as well as family and charities who might be the beneficiary of his largesse.
Not to mention the hit that Liberty takes under this system and the expansion of government spending as it steals SS funds.
USA-P and others who have argued in favor of SS status quo, you've not been able to address our points. The arguments are with us. All you have on your side is the brute force that comes with a majority vote in Congress and the hired guns they use to enforce it. Eventually we will win. Stupidity and socialism can't last forever.
Rick