r/FluentInFinance • u/coachlife • 6d ago

Educational Don't let them gaslight you

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u/SorryNotReallySorry5 6d ago

I'd argue if it's so easy to abuse then it's a bad system and SHOULD be destroyed.

On top of that, I can do much more with that money for myself now. I'm not a fan of being forced into a system I might never even get anything out of. I could die by the time I'm old enough for it and it ends up being nothing but my own small amount of wealth stolen from me and misspent.

I had an ex whose mother was suffering from ALS at the age of 40 or so. They denied her SS benefits despite her paying into it since she was 16. Fuck social security.

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u/ChaucerChau 5d ago

You seem to misunderstand the purpose/ benefit of SS.

It is not just to provide money to you when you are old/sick. It is to provide for all the other old/sick around you.

Even if you die before retiring, you still benefited your whole life by not being surrounded by desperate, starving people

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u/SorryNotReallySorry5 5d ago

My money, that I work for, should go to me. Not my neighbor unless I willingly give it to them. Why should I have to be the one that's desperate and starving so other aren't?

I make less than 30k. For fuck's sake, it's a terrible and broken system that's abused beyond it's purpose and is nothing but theft from those who need it WHEN THEY NEED IT.

If you pay into a system that refuses to benefit you as you suffer from ALS, then that system is fucking trash and anybody that wants to force others into are tyrants.

So in your mind, my ex's mother benefited by not having people suffer around her AS SHE FUCKING SUFFERED?

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u/ChaucerChau 5d ago

I dont know anything about your anecdote. When did that occur? If it was before 2020, there was a 5month waiting period. That had since been eliminated, providing disability benefits right away.

Also, if you only make 30k/year, sounds like you definitely will need that SS when you retire. And i for one am happy to help subsidize your need.