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US Politics 10w
Is Social Security a Ponzi scheme?
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No
If you know it’s one, then it’s not
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Anonymous 10w

I see where you are coming from but it’s not really a ponzi scheme when it’s literally the whole point of social security is it help the elderly who can’t work. A ponzi scheme is like a background shuffling of money but social security is actively giving money for that specific purpose more like donating than an investment

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Anonymous 10w

The average person pays in 367K and gets out 183.5k before they die.

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Anonymous 10w

I’m tired of Americans pretending like a pay as you go system is the only option to provide aid to the elderly. Pension systems are so much more successful. Social security costs $1.5 trillion dollars every year.

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Anonymous 10w

let gen z opt out of social security

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Anonymous 10w

I blame gen x for not having more kids

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Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 10w

It’s not “I’ll pay my taxes for social security because I’ll get it someday” it’s “I pay my taxes for social security because we need to help the elderly” at least that’s how I see it

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Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 10w

Its a government fuck-up attempt at making sure everyone has a pension / 401k. They’ve screwed so many people already

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

But also the average person isn’t paying majority of the taxes in the country so that makes sense

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 10w

Woah no it’s not

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

Yes which is why we need to outlaw 401ks

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 10w

Why would we do that?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 10w

Because 401ks aren’t a good thing

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Anonymous replying to -> #6 10w

401ks are much better than social security

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 10w

They aren’t better than pensions though

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