"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
The question is how to people perceive it because that drives people's actions. Call it an investment and people treat it as such. Call it welfare and presumably intelligent people will treat it as such. I think people should have been told that if you're going to depend on SS for your retirement then you should be ready for a crappy retirement. The problem is that the boomers have won the SS lottery. They've had enough kids to support them and are ready to die before their too-few grandkids will be around to support the next generation. You can't take money from the dead or dying.
But nobody is going to fix it right if they fix it at all so not sure why we're crying about it. I certainly wish that government spending would get reigned in and that they would fix the SS disincentives but I hold out no hope. "We the people" have zero self control.
"when socialism fails, blame capitalism and demand more socialism." - A friend
"You know the difference between libs and right-wingers? Libs STFU when evidence refutes their false beliefs." - Another friend
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” - Paulo Coelho
I get the perception thing. I agree it should not be called retirement but don't agree with calling welfare because it is not. I view it the same as supplemental insurance for lack of a better comparison. Not the primary source for retirement income, but still a source that I earned.
Anyone planning in relying solely on SS for retirement needs to start their education at learning math
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
Nope, it's probably the most appropriate. There's absolutely no understanding/knowledge of history. The depth of ignorance, regardless of amount of years in 'school' is deeper than I ever thought possible. Hell, they're racing to, actually demanding a return to the Dark Ages.
"The government is a child that has found their parents credit card, and spends knowing that they never have to reconcile the bill with their own money"-Shannon Churchill
I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment. I do recall in days of yore both of us, and others, holding out higher hopes and unwilling to accept the fact these people are just stupid. They were "willfully ignorant/blind", to be kind and PC. Ignorance is merely a lack of knowledge which can be remedied. Stupid has no fix.
I'm no longer holding out on the hope there is a fix for the vast majority of sheeple. As you say, no amount of education can fix these idiots. Any harm is justified by "the cause" or is someone else's fault.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
"when socialism fails, blame capitalism and demand more socialism." - A friend
"You know the difference between libs and right-wingers? Libs STFU when evidence refutes their false beliefs." - Another friend
“Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.” - Paulo Coelho