social security, running out Options

[ikn0w ur m0m]

do you think that social seurity will run out by the year 2014.. ive been readin some finacial articles and they said its predicited that it will.

[madchenallein]

Here's a thought. Bush isn't trying to take away social security benefits, all those representatives in Congress who vote to keep increasing your taxes are.

Why can't people see WHAT social security is? SOCIAL...hello? Socialism!

I think most of the people who read and post here are within the 13-30 y.o. range. Here are some questions for you to think about:

-Do you like making 8-10 bucks an hour and having the government take away, oh about $1 every hour, because Mr. Jones in Tacoma needs his SS check on the 15th? Who is this Mr. Jones?

ANSWER: No one you know. If you want to share what you make, tell the government that you want to keep what you make, and then donate money to a charity YOU care about, a nursing home in your community, or a children's hospital, or better yet, take an hour of your time and volunteer somewhere.

-Why should you be paying now for other people's care-and not even get a say in how much you pay and to whom and exactly what for-when this SOCIALIST system will not be in place by the time it's YOUR turn to pull from that pot?

ANSWER: You shouldn't. Take control of your own future, put money in savings accounts, cds, stock market, mutual funds, IRAs, your mattress, whatever, but be responsible for your OWN future. If, 50 years ago, the people receiving SS now had done that, WE wouldn't be supporting THEM. But, Americans won't get off their lazy butts, so most of us are just going to let the laws stay the same and complain about it rather than lobby and vote and petition and invest in our own futures to try to change things.

[XoJennaoX]

-Do you like making 8-10 bucks an hour and having the government take away, oh about $1 every hour, because Mr. Jones in Tacoma needs his SS check on the 15th?  Who is this Mr. Jones? 

ANSWER:  No one you know.  If you want to share what you make, tell the government that you want to keep what you make, and then donate money to a charity YOU care about, a nursing home in your community, or a children's hospital, or better yet, take an hour of your time and volunteer somewhere.

-Why should you be paying now for other people's care-and not even get a say in how much you pay and to whom and exactly what for-when this SOCIALIST system will not be in place by the time it's YOUR turn to pull from that pot?

ANSWER:  You shouldn't.  Take control of your own future, put money in savings accounts, cds, stock market, mutual funds, IRAs, your mattress, whatever, but be responsible for your OWN future.  If, 50 years ago, the people receiving SS now had done that, WE wouldn't be supporting THEM.  But, Americans won't get off their lazy butts, so most of us are just going to let the laws stay the same and complain about it rather than lobby and vote and petition and invest in our own futures to try to change things.

Do you understand why we have social security in the first place? It was implemented because our country clearly accepted the view that a modern industrial society should take responsibility for helping its citizens who cannot work, are retired, disabled, etc. It is meant to help our society, not to help out the selfish individual (which whom you are most concerned with). Now whether we are operating it correctly is another issue.