Should Social Security be changed?

[bored1]

Our elected morons are at it again.......Now there gona argue and ultimately do nothing about SS. Now SS is pay as you go,What I pay today goes to someone already retired. I recieved a printout from SS showing what I have paid in since I have been working...A substantcial sum of money that I will never see.I would give half of it back to them if they gave me the other half to invest as I please. Doubt that will ever happen. These clowns are all milionaires with excellent retirement benefits AND medical benefits courtesy of the US taxpayer. Should we the peopel<I read that somewhere> have the option of investing our SS money in accounts of our liking?Under our control?

 

[Unclebill]

Yes?

 

[Texan]

Hell... I'm 47 years-old. I would willingly let them keep everything I have paid in so far, if I could quit paying into SS now and use the money for my own investments.

What I make on my own investments (even in a bad economy) are so much more than SS will pay. If I live for only 10 more years, I would come out ahead.

 

[Tim1]

Of course

Hell yes we should be able to invest some of it ourselves. The only reason SS is here in the first place is to keep the masses from having NOTHING at retirement anyway. Thus keeping them off the dole .

Give me half of what the Govt. takes in SS and I'll do much better then they will.