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Originally posted by wonderwench
How much did your grandmother receive in monthly benefits vs. the collective SS contributions paid by her various descendents? I bet it was a pittance.
The lesson for the SS "lock box / trust fund" is an important one. Virtually all government programs morph into perpetuating the existence of the permanent bureaucracy. Of course SS should not have become a piggy bank - but our learned representatives just can't resist that much cash.
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So the program wasn't wrong, only the interference that helped to despoil it? I can agree with that. Some such program is necessarry. Not everyone has a family to support them in their twilight years. We can't just condemn some of our elders to complete destitution.