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(1,654 posts)Remember a time when Social Security wasn't a working entity. Working in the background, but working. You mention to people it's part of the Republican agenda and you get, "It'll never happen," or "only a few are saying that," or "Dem scare tactics."
What most people don't understand is that Big Business has ALWAYS resented the EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION to Social Security. They think it's money taken out of THEIR POCKETS to give to those who don't deserve it, with them being the ones who decide who deserves it. That's been part of their agenda ever since 1933. After all, they think it's the duty of all people to set aside sufficient funds for their old age, despite the fact that there are huge segments of the population who can't live on what they are making now, much less put money aside. The fact that the Federal minimum wage has not budged doesn't matter to them. (That's another thing that rankles many of them. They don't think there should be any minimum wage. They want to pay the employer what they think they're worth.)
Considering the income of the American family today is equal to the income of the family with single income earnings of the 1970s is that now it includes both parents working full time and sometimes one of those parents also having an additional part-time job.
When you go to a financial planner to get help for retirement planning your, they factor in income from Social Security, VA benefits, etc. They end that and it throws at least half the population out of wack for, well forever.
They think this is their time to strike. They have gotten so much since 2016 teaming up with racists, evangelicals and America firsters. They think it's time to get THEIR country back.