Yer dern tootin' it's an entitlement... we're entitled to the money we sent to D.C. + interest!
What the hell is wrong here?
Remember, not only did you contribute to Social Security but your employer did too. It totaled 15% of your income before taxes. If you averaged only 30K over your working life, thatÂ’s close to $220,500. If you calculate the future value of $4,500 per year (yours & your employerÂ’s contribution) at a simple 5% (less than what the govt. pays on the money that it borrows), after 49 years of working (me) you'd have $892,919.98.If you took out only 3% per year, you receive $26,787.60 per year and it would last better than 30 years, and thatÂ’s with no interest paid on that final amount on deposit! If you bought an annuity and it paid 4% per year, you'd have a lifetime income of $2,976.40 per month. The folks in Washington have pulled off a bigger Ponzi scheme than Bernie Madoff ever had.
Entitlement my ass, I paid cash for my social security insurance!!!! Just because they borrowed the money, doesn't make my benefits some kind of charity or handout!! Congressional benefits, aka. free health care, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, unlimited paid sick days, now that's welfare, and they have the nerve to call my retirement entitlements !
Emergency Rooms for their general health care-At just one hospital the cost to tax payers totaled over 25 million a year!!!
Someone please tell me what the Hell's wrong with all the people that run this country!!!!!!
We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors, Veterans, Orphans, Homeless etc.,???????????
In the last months we have provided aid to Haiti , Chile , and Turkey . And now Pakistan home of bin Laden. Literally, BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!!
Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' Receive no aid nor do they get any breaks while our government and religious organizations pour Hundreds of Billions of $$$$$$'s and Tons of Food to Foreign Countries!
They call Social Security and Medicare an entitlement even though most of us have been paying for it all our working lives and now when its time for us to collect, the government is running out of money.Why did the government borrow from it in the first place?
We have hundreds of adoptable children who are shoved aside to make room for the adoption of foreign orphans.
AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter,children going to bed hungry, elderly going without 'needed' meds, and mentally ill without treatment -etc,etc.
YET......................
They have a 'Benefit' for the people of Haiti on 12 TV stations, ships and planes lining up with food, water, tents clothes,bedding, doctors and medical supplies.
Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave 'US' the same support they give to other countries.
SAD?
YEAH, OK, SO WHEN DO WE GET UPSET AND
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT?????
Hi Deb, Happy New Year ;)
ReplyDeleteSure hope it's Better than last year ~
As far as this country goes......, yeah Washington is a BIG problem!, but the people in this country had better wake up before we're All down the rabbit hole. 4 more years of THIS! God help us!
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Hugs to you my Dear ~
Angel
AMEN sister. I am saying each sentence and words with you. I'm with you. Our country has become a sad, sad place and I am so ashamed and troubled, what can we do??? I'm with you.
ReplyDeleteIt's all very maddening isn't it? And we feel helpless to do anything about it.
ReplyDeletexo Catherine
Yes, Deb, I agree. If we all ran our homes and financial affairs the way the government does, we'd be bankrupt many times over. There is no accountability in government. The benefits these elected officials receive are downright scandalous and yet they tell us all to 'tighten our belts'. First they sent all the manufacturing jobs overseas and then they wondered why we had unemployment? It's a big mess, and I hear you loud and clear!
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