My Mom Worked Her Whole Life, But Only Gets My Dad's Social Security — Feels Like a Scam

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure what republicans think we should do -

They truly don't care. They assume you are rich enough not to count on it, or you don't have money, in which case they don't care about you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure what republicans think we should do -

They truly don't care. They assume you are rich enough not to count on it, or you don't have money, in which case they don't care about you.

I think the expectation is to pull yourself up by your bootstraps just like Trump did.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure what republicans think we should do -

They truly don't care. They assume you are rich enough not to count on it, or you don't have money, in which case they don't care about you.

I think the expectation is to pull yourself up by your bootstraps just like Trump did.

That's right, he built All County Building Supply & Maintenance from the ground up.

https://apnews.com/article/0452d29cd2564eaf97605ab90acc3a67

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure what republicans think we should do -

They truly don't care. They assume you are rich enough not to count on it, or you don't have money, in which case they don't care about you.

I think the expectation is to pull yourself up by your bootstraps just like Trump did.

That's right, he built All County Building Supply & Maintenance from the ground up.

https://apnews.com/article/0452d29cd2564eaf97605ab90acc3a67

Exactly!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You don't understand how it works. Or you are a Musk Troll.

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[Anonymous]

If it's so good and self funded why not make it optional

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it's so good and self funded why not make it optional

Because it's for the greater good of all. Those of us who make more help those who make less. It's our social contract, far less stringent than many countries.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If it's so good and self funded why not make it optional

Because it's for the greater good of all. Those of us who make more help those who make less. It's our social contract, far less stringent than many countries.

No thanks. Hopefully there will be a buyout option before they get rid of it similar to fork.

I look forwarded to the email and replying with

RE: Payout

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If it's so good and self funded why not make it optional

Because it's for the greater good of all. Those of us who make more help those who make less. It's our social contract, far less stringent than many countries.

No thanks. Hopefully there will be a buyout option before they get rid of it similar to fork.

I look forwarded to the email and replying with

RE: Payout

Yeah, you don't seem to get it. And people like you disgust me. It is a bare minimum we do to help the less fortunate.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's so good and self funded why not make it optional

Because it's for the greater good of all. Those of us who make more help those who make less. It's our social contract, far less stringent than many countries.

No thanks. Hopefully there will be a buyout option before they get rid of it similar to fork.

I look forwarded to the email and replying with

RE: Payout

Tell you what, I'll opt out of the spending of my taxes on the roads you use. Also, I'll direct my taxes only to National Parks I use, for those days.

[Anonymous]

This is how it works for everyone.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it's so good and self funded why not make it optional

Because it's for the greater good of all. Those of us who make more help those who make less. It's our social contract, far less stringent than many countries.

No thanks. Hopefully there will be a buyout option before they get rid of it similar to fork.

I look forwarded to the email and replying with

RE: Payout

Tell you what, I'll opt out of the spending of my taxes on the roads you use. Also, I'll direct my taxes only to National Parks I use, for those days.

RE: agree to privatize highways and parks

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Anonymous wrote:My mom is in her late 70s and just applied for Social Security. She worked her whole life, earned about $75K a year, and paid into the system for decades. My dad passed away over 15 years ago in his early 70s, made over $200K a year, and never collected a dime.

Now she’s being told she only gets one benefit — hers or his, whichever is higher. Not both. So all the money she paid in is just gone. If this were a 401(k), she’d have access to everything she earned. Instead, the government keeps it.

It’s infuriating. She should be getting both benefits. Instead, the government pockets tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars they both paid in.

Honestly, I would’ve rather not been forced to pay into this broken system at all. Let people save for themselves. This whole thing feels like a scam. We need to stop pretending Social Security is working — it’s not. It’s robbing people who did everything right.

On your logic, your mom shouldn’t be entitled to your dad’s much higher payment because that was his money…not hers.

I am failing to see how your mom is being cheated in this scenario nor why you are complaining.

Seems like the fair answer is she gets hers only.

Who should get the money my dad put in all his life? If not my mom then who?

or rather who gets all the money my mom put in? This is outrageous.

That's like arguing that the sky shouldn't be blue. It's how the system works to the benefit of many who would have nothing otherwise. I do wonder if you're a troll just trying to make the case to abolish SSI.

No, I thought my mom would get both

And it would have taken 5 minutes to research and understand she wouldn’t. Get educated.

[Anonymous]

How embarassing to be OP, and post about your ignorance, susceptibility to propaganda, and inability to research anything basic on the internet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How embarassing to be OP, and post about your ignorance, susceptibility to propaganda, and inability to research anything basic on the internet.

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