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Originally Posted by Robbie
But that's NOT what Social Security is supposed to be. Theoretically...I pay in a certain amount over the years and then I GET IT BACK WHEN I RETIRE. Every penny of it.
Of course that does NOT happen. Not at all. My grandfather made millions of dollars over the years in the citrus industry in Fla. He paid in the maximum in social security every year for decades. He died last year...living in a fucking nursing home because my family didn't have enough money to take care of him the way he needed (90 years old with several strokes)
He NEVER got back what he put in. And since he outlived my grandmother by 8 years...they lost out big time.
That's not the way it's THEORETICALLY supposed to be. Social Security was supposed to be a retirement fund for the individual. Not another way to steal money from people for Washington D.C. to squander.
Why do so many people on this board seem to think it's okay to just take people's money? I do not understand that at all. I work hard for my money and the govt. just takes it.
Let's see....sales tax on everything I buy, gasoline tax when I try to put some fuel in my vehicle, property tax, state tax (until I moved to Nevada 2 years ago), and here in Nevada "Fees" that replace the tax (such as thousands of dollars to get your car registration each year)...and then federal income tax and social security.
When it's all said and done and you've paid all these taxes all around you every day...how much of money you made from YOUR work is actually left for you to enjoy for you and your family?
Not a whole lot. They fool most of the general public with the payroll tax. So people get used to bringing home a certain paycheck and then getting a "refund" every year. And when they get that "refund" check they think it's a good thing!
Well, when you own your own business...and you have some success with it and start writing those big quarterly checks to the fucking govt. then your perspective changes.
You think to yourself: "I COULD have bought my mom a car with that"
Or: "I COULD have secured my kids futures with that"
But instead you empty the fucking bank accounts to write checks to the govt.
It's the biggest expense I have as a business owner.
And people want me to pay more? I don't get it.
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Originally Social Security was intended to subsidize your personal retirement savings and/or private retirement from companies or unions...and not be the sole source of your retirement and when it was established the average SSA recipient lived for 18 months after retirement.
I assure you that your grandfather...at the age of 90...assuming he retired at 65 drew out what he had paid into Social Security several times over.
As for taxes...if I am allowed to keep $1.00 for every $2.00 earned...I am O.K. with that...though I am not pleased with much of what the government spends taxes on. But having said that it is still a great country to live in and if I liked any other country better than the U.S. that is where I would be living.