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Would he? As a gen-x Ive been told my whole life how I'll never get to cash in on SS. I see them raising the retirement age calculations which is the biggest pile of BS ever. I see that inflation has far, far outpaced what I'd get from SS, and that social security doesn't even cover basic costs of living. Occasionally I get a notice that shows how much I've contributed, which is all just money down the drain.
Fucking nuke it. I want to keep that money and spend or invest it myself.
Comment by SirTwitchALot at 26/11/2024 at 02:53 UTC
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20% of Americans are on Social Security now, and the ones who are on it are the ones who tend to vote
Gen X isn't who he would need to worry about if he actually did cut SS.
Comment by DrivesInCircles at 26/11/2024 at 03:38 UTC
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This narrative is entirely political. Congress has decided to modify how social security gets funded over the years. When I was young, they started 'borrowing' against social security. Now the gap, which was deliberate and enacted by law, gets thrown around as a reason to discard the whole thing.
Social Security isn't at risk unless politicians make it at risk.