Old people have lived through the most prosperous time in our history. The fact that some don't have a savings and rely solely on social security is really their problem - why should people working 60 hours a week and barely feeding their own kids be responsible for these elderly who couldn't be bothered to save for a rainy day. They need to move in with their kids, nieces, and nephews like in the olden days - or deal with being sick and poor. I know that sounds cruel, but this is the reality of our economic times.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 7570540 Seriously, do you not know that those "old people" have paid in to social security their whole adult life? YOU are not the one paying for their monthly check, they ALREADY paid for it.
And yes, you sound heartless and cruel. Do you even have a Grandma?? You don't sound like the kind of person that would let her live in your home. And stupid on top of it.
People recoup, in just a couple of years, the entire amount they put into the system. That's why this is a house of cards. The program was started when there were few elderly and many young people to fund it. Now we have the opposite situation and you are ignorant if you think all the young people in this country should sacrifice for a bunch of old fools who didn't plan adequately.
How my family managed the situation when my grandmother was getting on in years was the grandkids took turns staying with her at her place in town. When she got past the point of living like that, we moved her out to the farm and built on a 1st floor bedroom for her. My parents were luckier - they were able to live in their home until death.
You see, I'm not young - I'm 50. I have no illusions about what is going to happen to the system. My husband and I saw the writing in the cards back when we were 21, freshly out of college, and heard the experts talking about how SS couldn't continue in the present form indefinitely. But have we done squat about it? NOPE! In thirty years we couldn't fix it??? So, we continue to qualify more young people for disability and SS (when all they have wrong is ADHD or a speech impediment), we give cost of living increases, and provide health care which we shouldn't - and now we are broke.
Yes, my husband and I saved and planned for our retirement, assuming ss wasn't going to be there. If other people didn't, that's really not my problem. The Baby Boomers spent their future on cruises (I've never taken one), luxury cars (we keep ours at least 10 years), and designer clothes (not me). Stupid is as stupid does. Like I said, let them move in with the relatives (if the relatives will have them).
