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Originally Posted by Triple_Z
Yes and no....  In most business or economics courses, you'll learn that businesses essentially have three generalized options with regards to operations: produce and sell product, shut down for an undetermined time until the correct market conditions exist, or close the doors permanently. Sure there are lots of little what-ifs in between, but to simplify things, you boil it down to those three. If you consider this in terms of Social Security, you have the the following generalizations: |
You left out the idea of holding their feet to the fire for having squandered the trust fund to begin with.
Or how about once and for all either paying taxes to cover expenditures and pay off the national debt or make them stop spending.
What is the annual interest on the national debt in comparison to the payout of Social Security? Perhaps I will do a little research on that.
Meanwhile, "too f'ing bad" is not an acceptable solution,and yes, I do vote. You want to avoid paying me the promised benefit? Then come up with a fair compensation plan that refunds my money now so I can manage it as part of my retirement. If you presume I'm going to live long enough to cash out more than I paid in, then it's a net gain.