Comments on: Retirement without Social Security Benefits http://www.kickdebtoff.com/retirement-without-social-security/ A Christian Perspective of Money and Debt Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:22:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Gries http://www.kickdebtoff.com/retirement-without-social-security/comment-page-1/#comment-216 Jim Gries Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:13:08 +0000 http://www.kickdebtoff.com/?p=539#comment-216 I’m an embarrassed, “I’m entitled” senior, who for far too long has ignored the other side of my brain, which is screaming “who’s obligated” if you’re entitled. Government’s assault on middle class America created a weapon of monetary destruction (WMD) with the singing of social security reform legislation in 1983, that took social security funding from a pay as you go taxing structure ($1 in – $1 out), to a pay in advance taxing scheme ($5 in – $4 out -save extra $ for now retiring 78 million boomers). 25 plus years later, and the SS taxing scheme has turned a 2.5 trillion dollar (that extra tax $ has grown) potential asset into a 2.5 trillion dollar liability, that will have to be paid again plus interest. That’s financial water boarding, and my 15 grand children are entitled to something better than an “I’m entitled” grandpa, hiding behind the skirt of a Tokyo Rose PR campaign put forward by AARP. Working middle class Americans are the horse we all ride to our prosperity, and treating them like rented mules, will result in a society that, well acts like rented mules! To this end, a soon to be launched “community based” solution to the issues surrounding social security has been put forward, and If you have a problem being referred to as “I’m entitled”, or if you have an “I’m entitled” member of your family, then discover a way to shed that image at: http://www.americaretoday.com I’m an embarrassed, “I’m entitled” senior, who for far too long has ignored the other side of my brain, which is screaming “who’s obligated” if you’re entitled. Government’s assault on middle class America created a weapon of monetary destruction (WMD) with the singing of social security reform legislation in 1983, that took social security funding from a pay as you go taxing structure ($1 in – $1 out), to a pay in advance taxing scheme ($5 in – $4 out -save extra $ for now retiring 78 million boomers). 25 plus years later, and the SS taxing scheme has turned a 2.5 trillion dollar (that extra tax $ has grown) potential asset into a 2.5 trillion dollar liability, that will have to be paid again plus interest. That’s financial water boarding, and my 15 grand children are entitled to something better than an “I’m entitled” grandpa, hiding behind the skirt of a Tokyo Rose PR campaign put forward by AARP. Working middle class Americans are the horse we all ride to our prosperity, and treating them like rented mules, will result in a society that, well acts like rented mules! To this end, a soon to be launched “community based” solution to the issues surrounding social security has been put forward, and If you have a problem being referred to as “I’m entitled”, or if you have an “I’m entitled” member of your family, then discover a way to shed that image at: http://www.americaretoday.com

]]> By: Joe http://www.kickdebtoff.com/retirement-without-social-security/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Joe Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:42:42 +0000 http://www.kickdebtoff.com/?p=539#comment-200 Thanks for the comments Brad! We hope our generation will realize that we cannot sit and wish that SS will be there when we retire. Thanks for the comments Brad!
We hope our generation will realize that we cannot sit and wish that SS will be there when we retire.

]]> By: Brad Chaffee http://www.kickdebtoff.com/retirement-without-social-security/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Brad Chaffee Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:50:40 +0000 http://www.kickdebtoff.com/?p=539#comment-199 This is a great post. I am forever trying to talk people out of relying on this disaster of a government program. Sure there are some that truly need this benefit, but there is something disheartening about the government taking your money in the name of your "retirement" , only to find that they have used that money for "other" programs which has led to the current bankrupt state of social insecurity. Secure your own retirement by planning for it, is what I always say. :D This is a great post. I am forever trying to talk people out of relying on this disaster of a government program. Sure there are some that truly need this benefit, but there is something disheartening about the government taking your money in the name of your “retirement” , only to find that they have used that money for “other” programs which has led to the current bankrupt state of social insecurity.

Secure your own retirement by planning for it, is what I always say. :D

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