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That leads to another problem though.Which is why I said we need to index the eligibility age to 9 percent of the population.
I explained where I got that number in my first post in this topic.
Which really needs to happen. The largest problem with SS in my opinion is that it prevents the poor from generating any real generational wealth. You should be able to save a portion of your SS (or all of it tbh) and then pass that on should you have some left over when you pass away.Not true. Bush advocated giving people the option of privately investing a very small percentage of their social security funds.
No it relates to SS ...And?
this is immaterial to SS. It matters not why we have more that can pull from the program but just that such is the case.
Sure, lifespan has mostly increased because we have stopped death from coming early but that is a topic for the health forum.
Ragan?No Administration has ever done anything to fix Medicare and SS.
Exactly I know 6 people who died in there 40s .. The money just went back into the potWhich really needs to happen. The largest problem with SS in my opinion is that it prevents the poor from generating any real generational wealth. You should be able to save a portion of your SS (or all of it tbh) and then pass that on should you have some left over when you pass away.
Not only is this a good introduction in the process of creating long term wealth for a target populace that simply does not take part but also a means to ensure there is something there that can be passed on.
It was during the Reagan administration that Congress raised the retirement age to 67, to be phased in forty fricking years later after they were all dead and gone.Ragan?
No, it flatly does not.No it relates to SS ...
Yes. You said none though.It was during the Reagan administration that Congress raised the retirement age to 67, to be phased in forty fricking years later after they were all dead and gone.
Cowards.
Our life expectancy has increased by more than 2 years since then.
And this is a huge deal.Exactly I know 6 people who died in there 40s .. The money just went back into the pot
I said none because our life expectancy has gone up more than 2 years since then.Yes. You said none though.
None is not correct. They make the time horizon radicicolous and the change minute because Americans will not accept any real changes to the program.
And, to be quite frank, it is not hard to understand why. The government has walked up to them as stated they are going to buy a retirement product. They did not ask, they forced you to purchase that retirement product and it promised certain gains.
Now they are forced to change the terms of that deal because they cannot meet their end of the bargain. You would not accept this from ANYONE else. We just have to swallow it from Uncle Sam though.
Do the math, you can't pay out with more people living longer....No, it flatly does not.
WHY we have more people living past retirement is immaterial, what WW has been posting about. That we have people living past retirement ag is what matters. It does not matter if they are living longer because we are now living to 150 years old or if they are living past that age because fewer 30 year old people die early.
In either case, the only thing that matters is the ratio of people paying in to people drawing from. Raising the age, of course, will change that ratio regardless of the underlying reason driving it.
Yes.Do the math, you can't pay out with more people living longer....
The problem today is that SS was not meant to be the major source of survival. It is now for many though.I said none because our life expectancy has gone up more than 2 years since then.
Yeah, Social Security is the proverbial third rail of politics.
When he was House Speaker, John Boehner actually suggested raising the retirement age to 70 and was completely ignored. It was about the only good thing I liked about him.
Except raising the limit is not the only thing that can be done. The real travesty AND the supposed fix were the same, doubling the tax burden SS had and hiding that tax burden from those that are paying it.I said none because our life expectancy has gone up more than 2 years since then.
Yeah, Social Security is the proverbial third rail of politics.
When he was House Speaker, John Boehner actually suggested raising the retirement age to 70 and was completely ignored. It was about the only good thing I liked about him.
SO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
Your miltary taxes are taken and spent as they came in
Your social security taxes are taken and spent as they come in
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE.
I've asked you like three times now. If you believe what you are saying, why are you hiding? That's the sign of someone who knows what they are doing is wrong
Are you going to take Social Security when eligible? Of course you are. Don't lie. You're a hypocrite.Baaasssttttttt: Fail
Military taxes - go to the general fund (you're right about this)
social security taxes - wait for it ... go to the general fund ...
Military expenses - are paid out of the general fund
social security taxes - wait for it ... are paid out of the general fund
fail, no difference
I say for the umpteenth time in this topic: 5.4 percent of the population was over 65 at the time SS was enacted.No, it flatly does not.
WHY we have more people living past retirement is immaterial, what WW has been posting about. That we have people living past retirement ag is what matters. It does not matter if they are living longer because we are now living to 150 years old or if they are living past that age because fewer 30 year old people die early.
In either case, the only thing that matters is the ratio of people paying in to people drawing from. Raising the age, of course, will change that ratio regardless of the underlying reason driving it.
He may very well be a burden to his children but there is one thing that is certain: he will take Social Security when he's eligible. This is all just a facade he's putting on here.LMAO!! You are just pissed off that you have zero savings and will be working until you die or will be a burden to your children.
That's the only thing t hat is fair. The billionaire will pay taxes on his yacht and the working class will not.So it is fair that a family struggling to pay for food and shelter pays the same rate as the Billionaire wondering where to buy his next yacht
I did not say "more people living past retirement is immaterial" and that is why it makes no sense.I say for the umpteenth time in this topic: 5.4 percent of the population was over 65 at the time SS was enacted.
That figure is now approaching 17 percent.
So there's your unsustainable ratio.
How you can say "more people living past retirement is immaterial" makes absolutely no sense.
We are living longer, we should be working longer. Simple common sense which seems to elude the "gimme gimme gimme" crowd.
