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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Because they paid for it once?
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Bullshit - and not even bullshit on the "technically, it is pay as you go" argument. If they were getting out what they paid in (adjusting for inflation, interest, etc.), the average SS recipient today would be getting about 17% of their current level of benefits.
Reduce SS payments by 80%+, though, and I'll be willing to accept the "I paid for it" whining as justified.
edited to add: Y'all may have noticed that just about nothing gets my blood boiling as much as transfer payments to the elderly. Maybe the wretched and shameful civil-rights violation masquerading most recently as the "defense of marriage act." Farm subsidies are up there, too, but running pretty far behind. When those AARP "I deserve complete medical benefits" ads come on I have been known to shriek aloud in rage at the screen and throw shoes.
