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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
Can you give us examples of what SS payments were paid out to?
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that's completely irrelevant, it was sold as you saving money for your own retirement... you paid it, decades later you find out that money was stolen, and that chance of you getting benefits you were promised are slim to none... but they have a fix, we'll just raise taxes and keep the ponzi scheme going for another few decades...
I have no idea how you can keep a straight face and tell me the way it played out is not a complete disaster...
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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
It excludes the best in favour of the richest.
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that's a myth, how did you reach that conclusion? For every brilliant kid who couldn't figure out how to pay for college there are 5 that went on a 2 year college "vacation" then dropped out... do these 5 not take up spots that could be used by the "best"? You make it free, and there will be more of these "vacationers" squeezing out more competent students who really had a drive to learn...
and really, it's debatable if someone who is unable to work out how to pay for college is really the "best"... I think the "best" is one that has both "book smarts", but also drive, determination, etc and just a hint of "street smarts" to work out how to pay for college....