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In reply to the discussion: Heads-Up !!! - 'Why Democrats Might Cave On Social Security Cuts' - HuffPo [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)We weren't paid enough to contribute to Social Security, but I got my Social Security card as soon as I turned 14 and immediately worked that summer.
Our generation worked early and long hours. Entitled to Social Security. You bet. We paid for it.
If the government does not pay us the same kinds of benefits we paid for our parents and grandparents, it's just a DEFAULT by another name. Chained CPI, my eye. It's a default if it decreases our benefit dollars. We get little enough as it is. Just enough to be above the poverty level on average. That means that if they lower our benefits we will, on average, be below the poverty level and entitled to other assistance like food stamps, rent subsidies, etc.
The government will not save money by cutting Social Security and Medicare. It will just steal from the children of the baby boomers because mom and dad will have been unfairly pushed into bankruptcy before death. No money or property to pass on to the next generation. Most seniors don't have much, if any, to pass on anyway.
Tax inheritances. Tax trust funds for the children of the super-rich. Don't cut benefits for seniors. Our Medicare deductibles increased considerably this year. Don't hurt us any more.