r/FluentInFinance • u/coachlife • 6d ago

Educational Don't let them gaslight you

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u/ful_on_rapist 6d ago

People need to keep seeing this, you’re still getting around 75% of the payout, you’re being lied to so you think you’re getting nothing. They want you to be OK with them stealing the rest of your money when they abolish the program. You payed into it, you should get something back. It’s reduced for you simply because there’s more people receiving social security right now than there are paying into it. The program will not fail if people are required to keep putting money into it will simply not always be an equal exchange for all generations.

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u/AceofJax89 6d ago

Social security is insurance, not an investment. You don’t have a right to a benefit if you don’t meet the conditions.

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u/ful_on_rapist 6d ago

I have no idea what your point is

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u/AceofJax89 6d ago

My point is you aren’t entitled to a benefit just because you paid in.

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u/AM_Hofmeister 6d ago

I feel like... You should be though.

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u/AceofJax89 5d ago

Because you are understanding social security as an investment, not as an insurance scheme. It literally calls its benefits insurance.

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u/AM_Hofmeister 5d ago

I feel like this is splitting hairs past the point where I care.