You say that "we're collecting four or five times per month what we used to at the border as an import tax." Where is that additional tax $ going??? Hopefully not for funding ICE.
Why do rich people collect Social Security? I thought this was supposed to be a safety net, but I knew someone who had a very good company pension and gave all of his Social Security income away because he didn't need it at all. It was his position that if the government was stupid enough to give him Social Security, he would give it to the charities of his choice rather than give it back. While he cared about the needs of others, that is not necessarily true about many other, even richer people. This idea that "they earned it" is inconsistent with Social Security as a safety net. That's like saying we should be getting something in unemployment benefits, perhaps after we retire, because we "earned" those, too, with our taxes.
You say that "we're collecting four or five times per month what we used to at the border as an import tax." Where is that additional tax $ going??? Hopefully not for funding ICE.
Because SS will still be payed out is why so many do not care about the horror of Orange A$$ regime, as long as they get their money.
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Why do rich people collect Social Security? I thought this was supposed to be a safety net, but I knew someone who had a very good company pension and gave all of his Social Security income away because he didn't need it at all. It was his position that if the government was stupid enough to give him Social Security, he would give it to the charities of his choice rather than give it back. While he cared about the needs of others, that is not necessarily true about many other, even richer people. This idea that "they earned it" is inconsistent with Social Security as a safety net. That's like saying we should be getting something in unemployment benefits, perhaps after we retire, because we "earned" those, too, with our taxes.