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PoindexterOglethorpe

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18. I'm not the one falsely telling
Fri Feb 21, 2025, 12:58 PM
Feb 2025

them SS will run out of money for them. I'm the one saying it's all there for you, will be there for you.
And the exact date it will run out is re-set periodically. Even if literally not a single member of Congress, not a single one of them has a mother reliant on SS, the millions who are reliant will make sure their congress critters know. I'm sure.

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It is only PARTIALLY a pay as you go system. In 1983 spooky3 Feb 2025 #1
Congress reserved the right to change SS as they saw fit Kaleva Feb 2025 #2
Congress can change any Progressive dog Feb 2025 #4
Which can't happen if we now live in a fascist dictatorship Kaleva Feb 2025 #5
Obviously Progressive dog Feb 2025 #6
I agree but others here don't. Kaleva Feb 2025 #7
So if you die before collecting you get your money and PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #8
No; it's a defined benefit plan, not a defined contribution plan. Nt spooky3 Feb 2025 #9
It is NOT a "defined benefit plan." It is social insurance. n/t valleyrogue Feb 2025 #11
It's both of those things. Go to the SSA website. spooky3 Feb 2025 #16
It's not your money. Mariana Feb 2025 #13
Yeah. In something like ten years Progressive dog Feb 2025 #3
For fifty years now people have been saying PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #10
Exactly DeepWinter Feb 2025 #15
Actually, the date of about 2030 Progressive dog Feb 2025 #17
I'm not the one falsely telling PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2025 #18
It ain't "going broke." valleyrogue Feb 2025 #12
Ty nt XanaDUer2 Feb 2025 #14
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