Comment on We can play that game too

• ronl2k@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Social Security was designed to have winners and losers in the contributions game. My mom died at 64, and my dad died at 59. They both contributed to Social Security during their entire working lives without collecting a cent from it. That’s the way it goes.

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  • queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Okay, but that necessarily means that other people are now paying for their Social Security. This isn’t money they paid in themselves, these are contributions coming from people like us.

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    • ronl2k@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      but that necessarily means that other people are now paying for their Social Security.

      Who is “their?” Currently Social Security is designed for workers to pay for their own retirement.

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