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Peter Gleick Mar 30, 2025

I paid into social security my entire working life. I'm now receiving modest monthly benefits (on which, by the way, I pay taxes).
For the Republicans to threaten this and weaken or cripple #socialsecurity is an egregious assault on all Americans, including the 73 million now receiving benefits.

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yuhasz01 Mar 30, 2025

@petergleick

The social security tax we paid into the SS Trust Fund (separate from Government budget process) was an investment in ourselves for retirement. A social and legal contract between wager earners and the Federal government.

Not a gift or subject to political bullshit. SS benefits are not part of regular government expenditures,ie, it is self-financing.

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derptron

@yuhasz01 @petergleick Thus the entitlement.

We are legitimately entitled to that money.

You can log into the SS site and get a printout of what you are owed. I grabbed one for my records. I should probably ask for a transcript if that's possible. If and when we ever recover from this, it may help in getting the money back. Who knows.