hypercrites

Quote from: kentay on July 09, 2012, 02:21:33 pm

Would you feel the same way if you were not being taken care by the US Government are you going to refuse  SS and Medicare? kentay 

Why would Mr. Coleman refuse to take SS and Medicare since he has been on the paying side of the equation for his entire life?

Folks on the left like to view conservatives as hypocrites because they take the benefits when their time comes.  Sorry Kentay, but no hypocrisy here.  If conservatives never paid a dime yet eagerly took the cash then they would be hypocrites but since they are forced under the threat of imprisonment to contribute, then they have every right to take from it when they qualify.

If you stop forcing us conservatives to contribute and let us invest our money as we see fit, then you won't see us hanging around the trough in the golden years.

I would have been happy to forego social security had I been allowed to reinvest the taxes I paid.

Here's a real question for you, kentay.  My birthday was last week; I just turned 61.  In fifty-one weeks I can, if I so choose, take reduced SS benefits.  Every year I wait, up to age 70, the benefit increases.  The conventional wisdom is that one should wait as long as possible unless you either need the money immediately or expect to die young.  Thank G-d, neither applies to me, but there's another consideration, is there not?  Sometime in the next 20-30 years Congress will have no choice to screw the retirees and cut back on benefits, right?  So is the best decision to take as much money up front, before the government reneges???