The permacloud is fortifying, and we won't see the sun for the next 7 months, but it's always a beautiful day to dispel a Big Lie regarding Social Security. I don't think I've touched on this nearly enough, and it's time we set the record straight.
Here's the facts: People pay into Social Security for themselves - at least in the United States. It's their money. Contrary to what the media has claimed, current retirees are not being funded by younger workers. One website correctly notes, "If you have no record of paying into the system, you will not receive payouts." That means people are paying into this program for their own benefits.
To cut their benefits is theft.
It's not only retirement, but disability too. Those who receive some sort of disability benefit from Social Security have also paid into it at some point. How much they've paid and how much they receive varies. But rest assured, they paid for it, and it's their money. When we say there's 2 certainties in life - death and taxes - we mean it. You can't hide from the taxman. You can be a hermit, and somewhere along the line, you're still paying taxes. We all live in a society - not in a total vacuum - and paying taxes is part of the deal.
Even the self-employed pay into Social Security.
Understand? These are facts.
Unfortunately, the Reagan regime did raise the retirement age from 65 to 67, and it was mostly covered up. These changes finally took effect just recently, and nobody did a damn thing about this theft.
The media also likes to harp about Social Security going broke sometime in the next few years so they can justify further cuts, but this crusade falls to rack and ruin every time the government throws more taxpayer money at foreign wars. This means the era of "we can't afford it" should be over.
If you don't receive every penny of Social Security you paid for, it's theft. It makes almost any other act of theft out there look like a 5-year-old stealing a pack of bubble gum from Kroger in comparison.
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