Social Security is total fucking bullshit... well lets just say it isn't the house that Roosevelt built that is for sure. Blame Johnson or the Vietnam war, hell hippies too if you want, but the fact remains that Social Security is now nothing more than ANOTHER way for the government to take your money and do with as they please. I like to call it the government cookie jar.
As for the republicans? What did Bush do in his first year of office? He completely drained the Social Security surplus. Just like almost every administration has since 1968.
But the people say it works... There are people collecting it. YEAH. Directly from the paychecks of those people who are still forking it over. Social Security no longer saves the money. They hit their cap (payouts to those collecting ss checks) and the Government spends the rest or technically they "borrow" the money.
Just another scam to part good people from their money. It was a good idea but like most good ideas someone had to corrupt it and destroy it.
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