Well I was watch Squawk Box this Morning and they were singing about a Latin American County?

Question

THat was personalizing its retirement program like Bush Had suggested. Now it appears that all the baby Boomers are retiring and we will be forced to do something with SSI.

WHat are your ideas to try to save SSI and how do you feel knowing that your money that was earmarked for your retirement was stolen and spent on other programs?

In the private sector that is illegal and I think it is acataully illegal in the Governmental sector.


So what do you think?

Answer 1

Since the baby boomers have enjoyed majority control (and still continue to do so) let them figure it out. I have no motivation to help . . . In my evil moments I hope the government defaults as retribution for arguing about nothing but the Vietnam War and abortion for the last thirty years. They collectively disgust me.

Answer 2

This money was paid into with good faith. It's bad enough that it is now taxed if you make over $30,000 a year. Another way the seniors were screwed by the Clinton administration.

It will be too costly later with more and more people collecting. There better be reforms and have people in charge of their own retirement. A phasing out will be the obvious way to do this while part of the money is invested. It will not be able to be withdrawn until retirement age, but people will be able to manage their own investments.

There will more than likely be no risk to low, or medium risk investments. They may be able to choose bonds or other safe investments without risks. The nice thing will be the choice in where your money goes.

Personalization is the way to go, instead of the program going broke.

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Answer 3

The people we have been re-electing to congress year after year are the same ones that have been squandering our social security money for years. We need to replace these self-serving people. Nothing will change if we put the same people back into office. The money that has been lost, squandered & just plain given away in Iraq could well finance SS for many years. Ask yourself; where do the priorities of our government lie?

Answer 4

Let us return to some of yesteryear's political 'doings' and find out just where BILLIONS and BILLIONS of SSI money went.
In the LBJ, and NIXON administrations, 'the greatest politicians that money can buy', took money from the SS 'trust fund ' to finance the VietNam fiasco ( ran by Robert McNamara, and his bunch of 'whiz kids', who micromanaged that war, and NOT ONE of those 'whiz kids' had spend a day in a military uniform), there were SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF PORK BARREL projects, you know, important things like the "Arts and Local History Museums", 4 lane highways leading to a developers subdivision(son in law of a politician or a contributor), Grants ('free money' given out with no repayment plan) for the study of the 'tetse fly', and the study of why the DODO bird went extenct in the 1800's, why crocadiles in Africa differ from crocadiles in the South Pacific (like who the shitz cares?), several grossly overly expensive building in Washington, D.C., some where over 50 Caterpillar Tract Tractors going to Cuba(Fidel Castro) to 'pay the RANSOM for the captives of the Bay Of Pigs Invasion' 1960-1961, who were abandoned at the last minuet, and 'hung out to dry' by JFK, and LBJ, Brown and Root, Inc. (majority stock holder 'Lady Bird Johnson', wife of LBJ) contract for the construction activities in Viet Nam, which the Navy did the shipping, the sea-beas drove and operated, maintained , etc, and the Tax payers (via our great politicians) guarenteed a profit of (MIN.) 8 X1 by figuring civilians doing the work, ETC.
What else would you like this ol' man to remember???
IF we Americans INSISTED that the politicians , their heirs who have inharited many, many millions of dollars, and the DEMOCRAT NATIONAL COMMITTEE, AND THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE, repay the money's THEY wasted, "WE WOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE S.S.I TRUST FUND " !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 5

We have failed to elect the common man to office and yet we believe the vested interests that get repeatedly elected will protect our common values. It just doesn't work.

We elect people who possess a definite political agenda, in fact we seem to insist that they be strong willed and outspoken in their own right and then we act surprised when we don't get what we assumed we would get.

Those we have elected will cheat, lie and steal (from us) to get what they went to DC to get. Wake up folks. Democracy only works if we hold their feet to the fire and force them to answer for each time they don't do the will of the people.

These politicians are power hungry and headstrong and we must keep them in harness pulling OUR power wagon or they will be off to the races with our hard earned tax dollars. Social security scams, NAFTA, sweetheart deals with military suppliers...they dream up new ways to cheat us every day. Huge groups of us do not bother to even vote...so what is there to stop them. Do not depend on their co-conspirators or their leadership. Do not depend on their conscience. If they ever had one it went away on the campaign trail.

If you seriously want to do something about the issue of truth in government then get active in protecting your values. Be assertive in your dealing with your congressessional representitive. Make sure he/she has met us face to face and has heard from us on important issues. We must not be silent. Do not sit in your house when there is something that needs said or done to help our country. VOTE and WRITE and CALL be the thorn in their side. Be their conscience. Be the harness (or the 2x4 ) that tells them what the people want and need them to do. And make sure the soap box you stand on will not wobble under your feet. Do your homework. Know your issues. Be ready to give them facts and figures and directions for what you want done about the problem. Yes you will get an FBI file opened on you. So what! I have one and it has never come back to bite me yet.

Answer 6

we need to make it illegal for Congress to spend that money on anything else.

Pork spending is what is killing SS. without the constant raiding of social security, there wouldn't be a problem.