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As a millennial-ish, I think the government should stop stealing my money and make Social Security opt-in only.

• craftyguy 8y ago
  As a millennial, I think the problem with that approach is that no one would opt-in, but everyone would feel entitled to receive the benefits if they failed to save enough for their own retirement (and realized it).
  • dgzl 8y ago
    Yes, I think the entire point of social security is to help people who don't have the foresight to help themselves. Since the program is dysfunctional and our representatives continuously borrow against the program, who is it really helping?
• s73v3r_ 8y ago
  As a millennial, I take issue with anyone who mischaracterizes taxes as theft for ideological gain.
  • dgzl 8y ago
    This country was literally founded because of excessive and tyrannical taxes brought by the British empire. How long until America becomes that empire? It's funny, I see this meme sometimes around tax day: "Well, I just paid my taxes. Those roads should be fixed anytime now". It's funny because the excuses people use (my roads!) to justify reckless and out-of-control taxation ($21T debt, that's T for Trillion) are almost never at the head of where the tax revenue is actually spent. As a US government contractor, governments are great at overspending and under-delivering.
    • s73v3r_ 8y ago
      "This country was literally founded because of excessive and tyrannical taxes brought by the British empire. How long until America becomes that empire?" There were far, far more inputs to that than just "taxes are bad". "As a US government contractor, governments are great at overspending and under-delivering." And as a contractor, you're part of that problem.
      • dgzl 8y ago
        > There were far, far more inputs to that than just "taxes are bad". Very true, and excessive taxation was one of the major factors. > And as a contractor, you're part of that problem. Not myself, but it's a reasonable accusation about the company I work for. Even if that were true, we offer a product that the government could never engineer. The product is good, the government needs it, so they take money from their citizens to buy it. My points still stand unfortunately.
• dragonwriter 8y ago
  Social Security is opt-in; you choose it by choosing to work in a job which (either by mandate applicable to the job or by choice where not mandated, as is the case for some public sector jobs) participates in Social Security. You opt out by choosing to work in a non-participating job or to rely on some means other than wage labor for income.
  • dgzl 8y ago
    Doesn't sound like much of a choice to me.