Comment by mulmen
1 month ago
> I think you're looking at this with a misunderstanding of how SS works.
You accused me of not understanding how Social Security works, not of how you think it should work.
1 month ago
> I think you're looking at this with a misunderstanding of how SS works.
You accused me of not understanding how Social Security works, not of how you think it should work.
>You lost me here. I don’t have children but I pay into Social Security. Why shouldn’t I get something back in retirement?
Because you seem to think you're owed something 'back' when in fact the people you're asking something 'back' weren't people that you paid SS to.
What's more accurate is that SS is you paying the elderly back for their investment, not that you somehow create a debt for the children because you paid SS to the elderly. Your position there made zero sense.
Any debt you think you're owed 'back' from children who will pay you SS would be created when the children actually received something from you -- i.e. being raised, schooled, etc. Not created because you paid a 3rd party.