2007-12-02 00:36:31 · 19 answers · asked by Think 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
yes and give me back all i have payed in so i can invest it the way i want
2007-12-02 00:39:48 · answer #1 · answered by dazed12839 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Of course not. The government is so messed up that we may never have adequate health insurance. I moved back to this country after ten years of living under the Netherlands wonderful health system. What a shock when I returned. In my naivete I thought it would be the same in California. What a shock. The only thing helping me pay the bills is the $800 I get from social security and the Medicare coverage. At 70, I can not go back to work, so this has been my lifeline. Again, I had no idea at 50 and 60 what laid ahead. I trusted the government. If I had not paid into SS, I would be out on the streets. It isn't the perfect system, but it is all that we have right now.
And I agree with the principal, that if you haven't paid into it, you can't draw from it. I'm tired of free handouts to everyone who crawls under the border fences. You pay, you get! Period.
2007-12-02 08:43:09 · answer #2 · answered by dutchlady 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Good Question, Yes I would because by the time I get old enough to draw it won't be nothing left even thought I've paid into it. I think back when I was 12 years old I alway's wanted to live to get social security a check and don't have to nolonger work just travel. Well so many people are getting it and never worked is getting what I work for by the time I'm old enough the drug user that goes to rehab has gotten all the money for drugs and they still get high.
2007-12-02 08:48:37 · answer #3 · answered by Sandra S 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes!
True story: My first paycheck, I saw FICA and the amount of my earnings taken. I asked my employer what FICA was and he explained it was Social Security Tax for when I retire. I called the Social Security office and told them not to take that from my check as I have no intention of retiring. The lady I spoke to told me that I was not paying for my retirement. I was paying for my grandparents and great-grandparents retirement!
In essence, the only way that would work is if all retired people stopped collecting benefits (that won't happen). For we are currently paying their bill. If my generation and my children's generation did not collect benefits, then my grandchildren's generation of workers would have no bill.
It would come down to: Are you willing to make that sacrifice for the future generation, knowing that you and your children will still be paying until the last of those already collecting are deceased?
2007-12-02 08:51:48 · answer #4 · answered by peggy m 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
At this point, Yes, becuase even if the money I invest drops like a rock, or I put it under my mattress, I will still see some of my hard earned money. With Social Security, unless it gets fixed I may not even see a dime. If they do figure out a way to fix it, then I may change my mind.
2007-12-02 08:50:00 · answer #5 · answered by kris76 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends how old you are. If I'm 60 years old I'd keep paying because I'm on the verge of collecting on it. If I'm 20 I'm not paying because Social Security will never pay me what I pay it and may be bankrupt (again) but the time I get retiring age.
2007-12-02 08:40:51 · answer #6 · answered by Splitters 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'd go for the not paying option.
I have never been unemployed, or made any kind of claim on it, yet i keep having to pay for all the others who sponge off the state.
I would invest it for a rainy day, just in case.
2007-12-02 08:44:32 · answer #7 · answered by 7ala is fluffy ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes. I would want to have all the money I have paid in to be refunded to me, so that I could also invest that in something I can be assured will pay me in the end. But then again, what would the government borrow from?
2007-12-02 08:42:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, and I would invest the money in something that would be guaranteed to give me a better return on my investment.
2007-12-02 08:39:24 · answer #9 · answered by blueman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I would because I now have the discipline to save and invest. Ask me that twenty years ago and it would be no but I'd have some great "toys"
2007-12-02 08:50:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋