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I'll take "Things no one ever thinks" for $2000 Alex.
"We're scrapping all wheelchairs because people want to walk." >

This. A lot of people don't work jobs that you can do at 70. 
You can sit in Congress until the coroner collects your body (average age is 60). But you're not working in an Amazon warehouse at 65. >

There is a HUGE difference between 

I still want to be active and do something engaging with my time in retirement! 

and 

I cant miss any time this week or I lose my house >

100%.  I might want to still be able to be employed, and actively engaged,  but I don't want to have to feel hopeless and like I have no choice but to work through ailments until death. 
One is hopeful and healthy, the other is dystopian. >

My in-laws lost their asses in the 2009 crash. Well over half their retirement. They both went back to work full time. My mother in law is still commuting (a really shitty commute) 3 days a week. At 76. They thought they were all set, but had never switched their high risk investments to lower risk. That's a mistake we won't make! I have zero desire to be working past 60, thanks. >

Meanwhile finance bros are tooth and nail defending our broken investment system “well bro you can’t lose because it’s an 8% return average”. They forget that 8% return on $0 after all that imaginary money disappears is still zero… >

Bro it’s all good. I got 25% of my portfolio in crypto!  
/s >

“Yeah,but, I mean all currency has no value”-every crypto bro ever >

Social security is not stopping anyone from working longer. >

I'm surprised I had to come this far down the thread to see this. If you wanna work longer its not like it somehow stops you from doing so. I have a lady in my office that is 86. >

Fuck that lady. >

Little old for my tastes, but if you insist... >

Hey you, grandma fucker >

Im 52, its allowed. >

I am a late boomer. I am not very far from retiring and for 35+ years Social Security has been part of my long term planning. I have paid in and never missed a week, SO just when you think you are there... they want to take it away.
Republicans are bad people. >

I am an older member of Gen Z. I am very far from retirement and social security is not factored into my retirement at all because i have known my entire life that there's little chance I will ever see the money I pay in. It kinda pisses me off that I have to put so much money into something that won't exist by the time it's my turn to use it. >

well I paid in and I want it since it was factored into  my plan.  The issue isn't just the money I paid in, but the lost investment opportunities that I gave up to get this money in a few years. 
At least you can plan around it. >

I don't have any issue with you getting your money back. I take issue with the fact that your money was taken from the fund and used on other things so the only hope you have of getting anything back is for young people to put in money that we have been told our whole lives won't be there for us. I'm not mad at older people wanting what they gave, I'm mad at the system that turned social security into a government mandated ponzi scheme.
I have to give up those investment opportunities too. Sure I can plan around it but what you just said is that I can plan around thousands of dollars being taken from me every year. >


I'm mad at the system that turned social security into a government mandated ponzi scheme.

The issue isn't the system, but the inaction since 1985 to fix any of the shortcomings. >

The issue is the system that allowed the government to take over $1 Trillion out of social security and has not paid it back. >

Requiring it to be invested into low interest government bonds is the issue. They are losing money to inflation or there wouldn't be an issue. The bonds that supposedly protect social security from inflation only serve to hurt it when the interest rate is so low. You can go on to the social security funds webpage and see the interest rate average returns for 2021 we're 2.45 which is a higher than normal rate, again according to the social security. >


Requiring it to be invested into low interest government bonds is the issue. 

An what would you invest it in?  Its supposed to be low risk as it is much like a pension. >

They could just give social security higher interest rates that actually do the job of keeping up with inflation that is the reason for requiring it to be invested in the bonds in the first place. >

There are 8 million disabled Americans. All of us would like to work however many disabilities simply won't let us. We play hell to get the work credits to qualify for SSDI and the maybe $1,200 a month it gives. Most unable to work long enough for the credits are stuck on SSI, trying to live on $600 - $700 a month. They truly think more than 200% below the poverty line is living "high on the hog"... I'd love to see them try to feed themselves for $200 a month and think they're eating more than once a day. How they gonna handle the $170 a month for Medicare and the additional $75 for part D coverage so the medication itself is $85 a month? If you've managed to get into a sliding scale clinic the office visit might only be $35 but they will want to see you at least once a month. Good clinics usually run $75. If you have sleep apnea you get to look forward to paying almost the entire part B deductible on the first order of masks and hoses. They have to be changed out every three months but once you hit the deductible is only $50. The only way anybody is paying all that and affording rent is if they've managed to wait the 5+ years to get into public housing. Its the bare minimum required to sustain life but its only a third of your monthly income. God forbid you need clothes, towels, gas, make car payments, make any kind of repair, basic hygiene supplies, or have to pay for in home assistance. I'm watching my 70 - 80 year old neighbors sell their painkillers to afford the aid that comes to help them for a few hours every day. Fuck these crazy Republicans and their delusions. They ain't got a clue. >


The only way anybody is paying all that and affording rent is if they've managed to wait the 5+ years to get into public housing

Disabled guy here, I've been waiting over 5 years for targeted housing program to help me and... NADA. 
Starting to wonder who I should call. I'm in North Carolina. >

From the way republicans are taking things I’d say call an undertaker. >

I thought people no longer wanted to work, which one is it? >

I'm in my early 60s, and fuck anyone who wants to prevent me from collecting ful benefits at 67. I don't want to work until right before I die.
The GOP is a disgrace. >

You put the money into it for around 45 years.
And the GOP is saying  "hey nonamenolastname, we're gonna take your money you paid into SS and keep it for ourselves.  You want to work longer.  VOTE FOR ME!" >

I’m 36. I’d walk out tomorrow if I knew I’d have full benefits. >

I'm 61.  If I could get health insurance, I'd be OUT.  But I've had cancer and I'm not risking it. >

Glad that 'had' is the operative word there stranger, hope you stay healthy for many more years! >

"Slaves really want to be slaves" is literally an argument the slave States made. >

The more things change, the more they stay the same. >

If you vote for this party you are an idiot lmao >

And/or evil. >

• People want to work longer
• Women want to be raped
• Minorities want to be slaves
• Republicans want to fuck everybody
One of these things is true. >

How isn’t America on fire right now? >

Even as someone who loves my job, and would honestly love to keep doing it well into my golden years, I am honestly appalled at this guy's statement. How is that at all a justification for stripping away Social Security? >

It isn't of course.  Privatizing Social Security has long been a wet dream for the GOP.  
Wonder what they want to do with SSDI, are they going to axe benefits to the disabled too? >

I’m currently trying to get SSDI benefits and I’m extremely worried, which isn’t helping my Dysautonomia! Disability benefits need to be revamped desperately, but not like this… >

Such a disconnect between what they sell to voters and what they actually push in congress. They sure as hell don't run on destroying Social Security. >

Such a disconnect between what they sell to voters and what they actually push in congress. They sure as hell don't run on destroying Social Security. >

The problem is they DID run on this. Their voters are just too stubborn or stupid to realize. 
They TOLD us they were going to hold the debt ceiling hostage to cut Social Security and Medicare BEFORE the election. >

Haha that'll show those free loading blacks and Mexicans!!... Wait, what do you mean there's no longer SS and now I have to work until I'm 80?? They are hurting the wrong people!!! - Average GOP moron >

I’m retired.... I’d rather do a side hustle or even lap dance in a Mexican truck stop before going back to being an employee in some shit company! >


or even lap dance in a Mexican truck stop

That's oddly specific. >

It simply illustrates how resistant I am willing to “work longer” because some dipshit congressman says so! >

Or it's a secret fantasy. It's ok, we only judge a little. >

As long as they keep their hands to their sides, it’s all good!