XPost: alt.economics, or.politics, seattle.politics   
   XPost: fl.politics   
   From: mxp@invalid.ca   
      
   On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 10:52:44 -0800   
   a425couple  wrote:   
      
   > An insurance plan collects from individuals who pay in for   
   > the funds to grow prior to being needed.  When our Social Security   
   > started, it immediately started paying out to individuals   
   > who needed it and had never payed in one cent!   
      
   This is the meat of it, the "new deal" was an old con.   
      
   But like you I favor phasing it out as opposed to nuking it.   
      
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