I am so sick of hearing people that know the truth say that Social Security is an entitlement that needs to be either severely curtailed or entirely eliminated in order to balance the budget. The people that beat this drum the most fervently are the very people that forced Americans into this system to begin with. They are also the very same people that caused the current problems with the Social Security system and ironically also are the ones that can solve the problems. Now for all of you that got your education in American schools prior to 1980 or so when an education was still actually given to students in our schools you would know these folks as The Five Hundred And Thirty Five Morons With The Keys To The Kingdom or more commonly as The United Sates Congress. You most probably also know the history of The Social Security System and what needs to be done with it in order to make it more efficient and keep it solvent for all of our citizens , past present and future ,that have contributed and will contribute to it. For the vast majority of you that received your education in American classrooms post 1980 you have chosen to remain woefully ignorant of the history of the Social Security system and of the solutions to the current problems with it so I will provide a little education for you.
Social Security , contrary to what many of you have been taught at Commie U., is NOT an entitlement. It is a forced contract between the government and the American worker. There is no " opt out " choice to be made. When you young folks go around saying that American senior citizens are" bleeding the system "via their Social Security dividends you are only showing your ignorance. I've discussed this attitude with many young people and not one of them has been able to explain to me how it's wrong of the American Senior Citizens to expect their government to honor the contract that they were forced into. They however ignore the facts and constantly bitch , piss , moan , whine and complain about these "blood sucking Seniors " robbing young people's future. Hey Generation Zero I have some advice for you. As follows : Grow up and then " man up " and do as EVERY preceding generation has done and take the wise man's advice --- GET A FREAKING JOB so you can make your Social Security contributions and also so you get get your benefits when your time comes !! If it helps you to understand the situation better I'll offer you a little perspective.
Had a person of 70 now been allowed to opt out of Social Security and put his money into a bank account that paid 5% he'd probably have at least as much money and probably more than Social Security provides him now. When I started work my first full time job paid $ 118.00. My take home pay was $ 82.00. Yes I did think that was outrageous and yes I did wonder about how I was going to have a decent future. I paid though and gladly because there were elderly people that only had Social Security as a means of income. People then were generally a whole lot less heartless than your generation. As a side note my take home pay did meet my weekly needs. I also managed to save about $5.00 a week. It was not enough however to pay for cable TV , recreational drugs , nightclubbing , Club Med vacations etc etc. In other words all the things that Generation Zero fully expects out of life today were unrealistic expectations then. Also just so you'll all know I did not see $40,000 annually until I was in my fourties.
I'm certain that Generation Zero having been educated at Commie U and in an era of little or no personal responsibility and instant gratification will ignore the facts and continue their screed against those " blood sucking seniors ". I however having been educated at a different type of school and in a different era will have no part of it. I again unlike them have a constructive solution to the problem to offer.
As most of the non Hippie segment of my generation are I am a proud , principled , patriotic American member of The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy who acknowledges that there is a serious financial problem caused by The Five Hundred And Thirty Five Morons With The Keys To The Kingdom who have neither the political courage nor financial knowledge and discipline to solve the problem that they have created. I would be honored to share in the sacrifice of saving my country from these morons and returning her to her past glory. I will give up 10 % of my monthly Social Security Dividends when ALL government employees take a 30 % salary and benefits cut , when Congress enacts a real verifiable 30 % across the board cut in federal spending and when there is a Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment and NOT ONE MINUTE SOONER !! This will most likely mean the elimination of quite a few pointless federal agencies and bureaus. The sooner the better I say. If you want financial discipline in your government then the checkbook needs to be taken away from The Five Hundred And Thirty Five Morons With The Keys To The Kingdom.
Do you hear that intense screaming? Are you wondering what it is? That is the sound of Generation Zero screaming " I do NOT want my FREE Pell Grants cut , my FREE / LOW COST student loans cut , my FREE drug treatment programs cut , my FREE affirmative action programs cut , my FREE food stamps cut , my welfare cut , my subsidized housing cut , my FREE abortions cut , my FREE birth control cut. etc etc .As usual with Generation Zero they expect TOG { The Other Guy } to pay for everything.
Do you hear that rustling of papers and dialing of phones? That is the financially well of calling their Congressional Representatives and asking them " Why do I have to take a 30 % cut when Social Security recipients only have to take ten? " To you folks I would say this . " Who do you think will be hurt more by these cuts the Social Security recipient who loses $ 300.00 of his monthly income or the federal judge who loses $ 90,000 of his salary? Who will be more able to adjust to the new financial reality the senior citizen who only has his Social Security for income or the Federal Judge who STILL has $ 210,000 of his income. I know I can turn down the heat in my home , I can go meatless one or two nights of the week , I can cut my cable and internet service etc etc. Hell if things get really bad I can give up my home and go live in a campground.I have serious doubts about whether the Federal Judge will be willing to give up his country club , his fancy restaurant dining and the other perks of his position.I know I've never seen a Federal Judge in a campground. It would be nice to see though.
It seems to me that if as so many people say those " blood sucking seniors " living on Social Security are indeed the cause of the current financial problems in America then a 10 % reduction in ALL of their benefits should be more than enough to correct the problem. Why then would so many people be opposed to my plan?Shared sacrifice my ass !!! With these types of folks it's ALWAYS about " how can we get TOG {The Other Guy} to pay for our bennies while cutting theirs. " There are only two things that one needs to know about the financial crisis America is in :
The Senior Citizens are the least able to politically defend themselves against these kinds of attacks so thusly they are the easiest target. They are the TOG du jour as it were.
If you want this financial crisis solved there is only one way to do that. STOP feeding the appetite of the insatiable beast that is causing it. Take the checkbook away from The Five Hundred And Thirty Five Morons With The Keys To The Kingdom.
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