wturber said:rumme said:No kool aid here. The idea of S.S. was to have employees pay into it, then take it back out at retirement. I understand that initial concept has been corrupted, but I dont think it was a bad concept.
You are confusing the lie(s) that the Federal government told people and what was actually written into law. I think it was in the 60s that it was finally mandated that the Social Security Administration had to stop lying to the public about the nature of the system. If you think the initial concept was good, then you are agreeing with the socialist ideas that you are claiming to be against.
I only agree with the idea of offering the people a way to save money out of their weekly checks, to be used later in life in retirement. S.S. should work like that, AND, it should not be mandatory, it should be a option for people to opt in or out of it. I do not like the idea of govts forcing people to do such things. The problem is , anytime the govt gets involved, they corrupt it and screw it up.