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<blockquote data-quote="cjjtulsa" data-source="post: 1613219" data-attributes="member: 6146"><p>As I said, it's become an entitlement program, not a retirement program - ask my wife's lazy step sisters about that. Early 40s, and drawing an SSI check every month. So is her uncle. Yeah, the government "owes it to you" - I agree, and you should get it. Me too. I've kept up my end of the bargain as well, but do you think in 20 years or so when it's my turn to consider collecting "my end of the bargain", that there'll be one red cent for me? Not a chance. It's a failure, and needs to somehow be either completely overhauled or slowly phased out.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>I agree with you here, but for how long? The problem I see is that the cost of living goes up, inflation rises, and people live longer. The majority end up having collected their "fair share" that they paid in within just a few years past retirement. Yet they demand to collect a check for as long as they live, even though they've already gotten back quadruple what they paid in. The system is fatally flawed, outside of all of the freeloaders who have found the magical teat of SSI.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cjjtulsa, post: 1613219, member: 6146"] As I said, it's become an entitlement program, not a retirement program - ask my wife's lazy step sisters about that. Early 40s, and drawing an SSI check every month. So is her uncle. Yeah, the government "owes it to you" - I agree, and you should get it. Me too. I've kept up my end of the bargain as well, but do you think in 20 years or so when it's my turn to consider collecting "my end of the bargain", that there'll be one red cent for me? Not a chance. It's a failure, and needs to somehow be either completely overhauled or slowly phased out. I agree with you here, but for how long? The problem I see is that the cost of living goes up, inflation rises, and people live longer. The majority end up having collected their "fair share" that they paid in within just a few years past retirement. Yet they demand to collect a check for as long as they live, even though they've already gotten back quadruple what they paid in. The system is fatally flawed, outside of all of the freeloaders who have found the magical teat of SSI. [/QUOTE]
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