Social Security Cuts

As a 58 year America I would like to recoup some of the money I paid into the SS program over my liftime. I do not consider this an entitlmenet program like medicaid. I paid into this system just like the one at work for my entire working life. It is designated as a separate item on my paycheck. At my age it is going to be hard to try to save up enough to compensate for the planned funds from SS. I do think SS needs to be fixed and here are my suggestions:

1. Social Security tax should be paid on all of your earnings. There should be no cap. This would affect me.

2. The age should not change. 62 and 66 are acceptable retirement ages. Just because the life expectancy is 72 does not mean we should want to work until we die. Give me a break. Only wealthy people that have worked very little in their lives can think like that. I at least want the choice.

3. No illegal aliens should be able to collect SS, whether they paid it in or not. They are illegal not part of our country and should not be part of the system. Count any payments they made in as penalty for taking a job illegally.

4. How much should really be paid out to children of participants if a parent is lost? If there is a living parent why should anything be paid? Should the amount be based on the annual deduction allowed for dependents by the IRS? What if the parent had only been paying in a few years? What if the suviving parent remarries?

5. How about disabled children? They have never paid anything into the system but collect from it with both parents living. I know this sounds hard or mean, but I had to support my children. I chose to have them and expected to pay their expense.

I am a conservative. I know believing in keeping the SS program is not well liked with the younger Tea Party crowd, but it was part of our retirement plans from the time I turned 18. I have been paying into it for 40 years. I have paid in $300,000 and at 66 I will need a little of that back.

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Comment by Alan Kovin on February 18, 2011 at 12:41am: Social Security as devised was meant as an insurance plan. Its purpose is to deal with acts of God just as you mentioned, but also including some aspect towards retirement. My dad died at the age of 40, from injuries sustained in WWII. My mom never worked at the age of 32, was left with 4 children and little savings. If it wasn't for the small stipend that Social Security gave my mom, I have no idea where I would be today. One of the aspects of greatness that characterizes a country is how it treats its disadvantages, handicapped, etc. Another aspect to consider are the priorities that it makes. I would rather see the MIC, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, our thousands of bases closed, etc. then to destroy the safety net of social security, etc (even though social security is a separate account and should not even be connected with the deficit.). Part of the problems in this country exist because the people are ill informed and controlled by the mass media, which is corporatist at best. Ron Paul's agendae for this country is so common-sense. Yet it's so sad that even the Tea Party has betrayed its' ideals by not supporting this great man. For years he's been sticking his neck out telling the truth about our military, the Fed and the loss of our private freedoms. When will we learn?

Comment by L Norris on February 17, 2011 at 9:13pm: I agree whole heartly with you ,, i had a very interesting conversation with my senators aid today,,, on the subject of ss,, i told him that i didnt see ss as an entilement either,,, Problem is,, unlike what we thought,,, though the usa treasury owes the trust fund like 1.7 trillion dollars,, yes that right , money borrow,, or taken , and put into the general fund,, there is no longer a ss trust fund,, we are screwed once more,, though we and our employers, pay into the general fund we get screwed out of it, thus they call it an entilement,, yep im mad,,, we should all march on washington and tell them enuff is enuff,,