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I disagree that the risk is any higher than the failure of whatever asset your retirement savings are in.

• ryandrake 2y ago
  I'd agree with that in normal times, but we're not in normal times anymore. We just had a presidential candidate promising he'll "fix it" so people don't have to vote anymore[1]. Who knows what things are going to look like by the time I retire. Literally anything could happen to anything run by the government, and I don't think anyone can take SS for granted anymore. 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGTCKQklPQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOGTCKQklPQ
  • hollerith 2y ago
    >we're not in normal times anymore Many voices have been saying that SS can't be relied on since about 1981.
  • Izkata 2y ago
    That framing is severely misleading. He's talking to people who normally wouldn't bother to vote, telling them if they actually did it just this once he'd fix the problems the current administration caused that they're facing (one of his standard talking points) so they can go back to business as usual.