Very few people will see a return on their "investment" in social security...hence the name!!! Not sure where anyone got the notion this would be a return of their taxes. It is a socialized system that pays for disabilities as well as retirement income as we know it.
On Dec 07 08:16 PM Eric W. wrote:
> If I could invest the taxes the government takes out of my paycheck > I'd do it. As it is I can't afford to and I'll never see the money > I'm putting in for Social Security or Medicare. > > We've been sold out. > > I know many people who had their pension plans robbed. Put money > in for year after year only to have the company claim "bankruptcy"... > give the executives golden parachutes, and liquidate the pension > plan. > > Our government has done the same thing with all of our taxes. <br/> > > This won't be able to be sustained; there will be a collapse and > revolt. > > We've sold ourselves down the river; sad.
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On Dec 07 08:16 PM Eric W. wrote:
> If I could invest the taxes the government takes out of my paycheck
> I'd do it. As it is I can't afford to and I'll never see the money
> I'm putting in for Social Security or Medicare.
>
> We've been sold out.
>
> I know many people who had their pension plans robbed. Put money
> in for year after year only to have the company claim "bankruptcy"...
> give the executives golden parachutes, and liquidate the pension
> plan.
>
> Our government has done the same thing with all of our taxes. <br/>
>
> This won't be able to be sustained; there will be a collapse and
> revolt.
>
> We've sold ourselves down the river; sad.