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arrow-up1208arrow-down1external-linkDOGE follows longtime Musk pattern — and turns attention to Social Security Administrationwww.semafor.comsilence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareechutaaa@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·12 hours agolol it was always just extra income tax to anyone under 40. Only fools expected to see that money come back.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·11 hours agoIt was always a substitute for paying to maintain your parents or grandparents in retirement. Unless you’re an immigrant, you’ve already been getting it back.
minus-squareℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·9 hours agoYour parents and grandparents also paid contributions, didn’t they?
minus-squaremeeeeetch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 hours agoThe money they paid was so that their parents and grandparents had a little something going into retirement.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 minutes agoExactly. It’s a system that works almost entirely as a pay-as-you-go system, with each generation paying for the retirement of their elders.
lol it was always just extra income tax to anyone under 40. Only fools expected to see that money come back.
It was always a substitute for paying to maintain your parents or grandparents in retirement. Unless you’re an immigrant, you’ve already been getting it back.
Your parents and grandparents also paid contributions, didn’t they?
The money they paid was so that their parents and grandparents had a little something going into retirement.
Exactly. It’s a system that works almost entirely as a pay-as-you-go system, with each generation paying for the retirement of their elders.