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Originally Posted by GrantMercury
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Jesus..dude, they call spying on us "The PATRIOT Act" for God's sake.
It doesn't literally mean that it's an insurance policy. Fuck.
I "insure" that I'm going to live every day by eating a meal. Doesn't mean that is like an insurance policy.
Look...I am WELL aware of what FICA stands for. I've paid more in my FICA taxes (social security or: "Federal Insurance Contributions Act" than most here have as I have paid the maximum EVERY year.
But even if you want to LITERALLY refer to it as insurance...it was never intended to be WELFARE.
When I take out an insurance policy...the policy pays ME (auto, health, theft, mortgage insurance) and whomever I personally have set up to get payments (like a life insurance policy)
When people are getting Social Security checks who have not contributed to the system...then that is WELFARE. And somebody has to pay for it. It's not "free".
That's all I'm saying.
Social Security is supposed to be YOUR money that YOU put in coming back to YOU in your retirement.
Anything else is welfare and is coming out of all of our pockets to be redistributed to others.
You can argue whether that's a good thing (which you obviously think it is) or not. But it's WELFARE plain and simple. And it's no longer a FICA tax at that point. It's just a plain out TAX and should be counted as part of the tax rates that we pay because that's what it is.
It's taking my money and keeping me from spending it on my own family NOW and giving it away to other people who did not earn that money.
That is welfare and "handout" all day long, every day.