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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG the ignorance. It is not a ponzi scheme as it is government regulated by payroll and has an insured input of $$ as long as it is administered well (and yes that does include rooting out fraud- but last I heard, firing employees won't help with any of that).

SS has a huge legacy of trust associated with it. To remove the trust that those who contributed to it and planned for it and now rely on it is truly 'banana republic'[/quote]

Agree it's not a ponzi scheme, but it was never marketed correctly to the general public (at least not in recent memory).

Your contributions don't pay for your SS...your contributions pay for current retirees and the system anticipated each generation of workers being larger than the current generation of retirees and much lower life expectancy.

Think about it...how much $$$s did the first SS recipients contribute to the system?  If you answered $0, you would be correct.

I was listening to a radio story, and unless something changes (raise the minimum retirement age, raise the amount of $$$s that can be taxed, raise the tax rate, etc.) then SS benefits will automatically have to be cut by like 21% in 6-7 years based on how the system currently works.[/quote]

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