Everything's black-and-white apparently. If you want to get rid of shit like Social Security, you have to note all the people that paid into it and don't have anybody new pay into it, stop further payments, then either chose to give back immediately or slowly (adjusted for inflation) what people paid. But even that there's going to be complaints about.
There seems to be this common attitude now, "somebody's going to have to get fucked, just not me"
That would be a good way to wind it down. Too bad it's the nature of elected officials to avoid short-term pain and kick the can down the road until the problem they're avoiding gets too big to put off and is now much more painful to deal with. Somebody's going to have to get fucked, and that's more than likely going to include me.
To be honest, unless you’re already over 45, I suspect that the only way you’ll see any social security money is if it’s so inflated by money printing it is almost literally worthless. Speaking as someone that will “lose out” if social security is abolished or fails in the next 30 years, I’d rather take the hit personally and not also import infinity immigrants trying to save a system that’s already collapsing.
I can see grandfathering people who are already receiving it, for whom it makes up a significant portion of their monthly budget, but other than that it really should just end. It is a grenade, and someone needs to jump on it.
Alternatively, you're telling future generations to get fucked because grandpa wants his gibs.
Everything's black-and-white apparently. If you want to get rid of shit like Social Security, you have to note all the people that paid into it and don't have anybody new pay into it, stop further payments, then either chose to give back immediately or slowly (adjusted for inflation) what people paid. But even that there's going to be complaints about.
There seems to be this common attitude now, "somebody's going to have to get fucked, just not me"
That would be a good way to wind it down. Too bad it's the nature of elected officials to avoid short-term pain and kick the can down the road until the problem they're avoiding gets too big to put off and is now much more painful to deal with. Somebody's going to have to get fucked, and that's more than likely going to include me.
To be honest, unless you’re already over 45, I suspect that the only way you’ll see any social security money is if it’s so inflated by money printing it is almost literally worthless. Speaking as someone that will “lose out” if social security is abolished or fails in the next 30 years, I’d rather take the hit personally and not also import infinity immigrants trying to save a system that’s already collapsing.
I can see grandfathering people who are already receiving it, for whom it makes up a significant portion of their monthly budget, but other than that it really should just end. It is a grenade, and someone needs to jump on it.