they want us fighting each other

Submitted By: dwieb1@gmail.com – Click to email about this post

Maybe I’m sticking my nose into something I shouldn’t, and maybe I’ll just get it cut off, but I think we get nowhere good by tossing around accusations and flooding the zone with stuff gathered from dodgy sources. I don’t usually read posts like that (on this I agree with Andy: “nobody is making you read what I write”) because I’m primarily interested in solutions.

I’m also posting to offer some perspective on Social Security. I do not trust the current administration has the average citizen’s interest at heart as they seek to pit us against one another.

Here’s a good analysis from 2022:
www.pgpf.org/article/the-ratio-of-workers-to-social-security-beneficiaries-is-at-a-low-and-projected-to-decline-further/

This article describes the problem, explains why it’s manageable, and ends with reasonable solutions. There is no need to panic and do something risky like privatize or gamble in stocks.

And here’s a recent opinion from a respected conservative source that points to inefficiencies in programs legislatively piggybacked onto Social Security:

www.aei.org/economics/the-social-security-system-is-well-run-mostly/