Thursday, November 29, 2012

Social Security Is NO "Entitlement!"

Politicians keep calling Social Security, Medicare, and the like , “entitlements” and I'm getting tired of it. That’s a LIE. Those programs are ones WE have been suckered into paying into for many years. Now they’re trying to “duck out” on the responsibility to “pay up” by calling them “entitlements.” They’re “eroding” them first, buy increasing the age at which people have to be to qualify for benefits. They were PROMISED they’d be eligible at 65. Now they want to start RAISING that age, little by little until the original Social Security plan will be realized: (Nobody will live long enough to collect. The "average life span" then was 65). Social Security is one of the biggest SCAMS going, collecting BILLIONS from working people on a promise that will NOT be fulfilled. It’s a “Ponzi sceme,” using money collected from later “contributors” to pay benefits to earlier “contributors.” Such schemes are destined for failure as the pool of RECIPIENTS becomes larger and larger. Soon the number of RECIPIENTS becomes more than the population of the world while the later "contributors" dwindles. The “pyramid” topples over of its own weight. (Yahoo News)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Totally. Social Security is a ponzi scheme. It is also NOT an entitlement program. We have been forced to pay into it all of our lives. We had no choice. We did have a promise that it would be there for us at 65. Now they are backing out on the promise but NOT giving back our money. Even more, they have stolen millions from Social Security, putting it into the general fund to spend like it was their piggy bank. NO ONE has EVER addressed the federal government PAYING BACK THAT MONEY! Every time the government is being pushed to cut spending they always target Social Security and Medicare, even though it is already OUR money. They never even consider cutting all the crap in government. How many departments do we have that overlap one another and really accomplish nothing anyway? For instance, let's dump EPA! How many extra (UNelected) czars has obama appointed, all being paid handsomely and quietly, secretively working behind closed doors to inflict god knows what on us? How about cutting out entirely all of obama's and moochelle's lavish vacations at taxpayer expense???? Make obama keep his butt at home instead of STILL campaigning all over the country! Exactly why do we need FIFTY-FOUR Christmas trees in the White House. moochelle has around 20 assistants where other first ladies have only had 1, possibly 2. Why do we have to cut down the tallest tree we can find and haul it to the White House at great expense to the taxpayer - - and anyway, I thought obama was supposed to be a GREEN president! This &%%#%& government only wants to cut services that hurt We The People.

Ray Thomas said...

Anon: You're right on all points. But they're nothing new. I've been saying the same things for years. Social Security is always their target when the pressure to cut spending becomes overpowering, even though there are so many OTHER things that need cutting. It's OUR money. that's why they want to cut IT.

Anonymous said...

You know it and I know it and everyone knows it but NOBODY dos anything about this!

Politicians just use threats of SS and Medicare spending cutting to get us off the idea of cutting spending. There is no reason this country should be in this much debt. Cutting government back down to size would go a LONG way toward fiscal responsibility, as would government being mindful of how they spend our money and anything and everything, including vacations. I guess we need legislation that limits the president and FL ONE vacation a year to cost no more than $100,00 - - and for you and me THAT would be a lavish vacation!