SOCIAL SECURITY AT AN END?

[sarabtrayior]

I sure hope not because that check helps pay the bills each month after month after month!

[blondie71]

I know I paid alot in to social security the whole time I worked and I have been working since I was 16 and today I got the judges hearing saying I didn't get it and I can work and he listed all the restrictions and MY consern is who is going to hiring me with that when job are so scarse now for people who don't have restrictions.  I have all the credits and everything they say I am disabeled but turn around and diney me.  I cried and got mad but what am I supose to do, and now they want to cut the budget so I guess I am just screwed.  I went to school right out of high school and no one would hire me because I was educated and now I can't work so how am I supose to save if all I made was enough to pay daily living costs.  I am confused and upset and don't know what to do.

[wiersmak]

No, but if we dont do something about reforming it soon, it will be insolvent.

[oldbuddy]

No, but if we dont do something about reforming it soon, it will be insolvent.

Do you mean Social Security or the United States Government? The government has been there for many years.

[blondie71]

They need to do something about Social Security, so that it will be there.  I thought the whole purpose of taking a precetage out of our checks when we work was so that social security would be there when we needed it.  Now they want to cut the program or somthing.  What about all that money they collect from people who are working now.  I mean My generation will not be able to retire for another 23 years or so (which they could raise the age again by than) and they would not be there when I hit 63 or so.  I am just nervse because I never had a real good job and Never worked on a full time bases.  I mean In the In home care between working with the clients and driving I worked over 40 hours but they don't count the drive time so I never qualified as a full time employee.  Which I think messed me up so health benefits and stuff.  I did this for 12.5 years someone had to help the elderly and disabiled so they could stay home instead of a nursing home.  I loved what I did and My clients became lilke a family member the hardest thing for me is when they died I lost a love one just as if they were my grandparents or parents I hostly got attached to my clients thats why I couldn't quit when I became disabled but I ended up quiting in 2008 because my suprivisor was getting upset because I wouldn't take clients I had to lift and their requirment is lifting at least 100lbs they were going to fire me which if they had I might of been approved for disability by now but I never beeen fired so I quit.

[wiersmak]

Do you mean Social Security or the United States Government? The government has been there for many years.

Too true.  But I meant Social Security.  Same with Medicare.  Fiscally we are in sorry shape.

[bjohnson16]

That is a real hard one.  I know that people are living longer and also that not as many people are paying in.  But if you do away with it you are going to increase the amount of people that are on welfare.  If you don't have the income and you are unable to work you are going to apply for some form of welfare.  So I don't see how that is going to help anyone.  I know that most people have invested something to help with their SSI when they retire but that is something that as only started in the last couple generations.  And with the way things are going for most people they have either last it or have had to use it to get by.  So I hope that it is something that does not come to a point were they end it but find a way to fix what should not have been broken in the first place.

[monnee]

Of course it's going to end if millions of Americans continue to be out of work.

[jaymz462]

Most likely.  George Carlin lays it all out:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLW1vFO-2Q

Viva la revolution!

[mtmailey]

i really do not think so-they can not just stop it what are people going to do if they stop getting it? it is bad enough that there not enough jobs for americans.

[woods6]

  It is getting scary all these years of working doesnt mean crap!!!

[mardukblood2009]

I think Social Security will be just fine. I don't think the governent wants the people who support them rioting in the street.

[freepcmoney]

It would have been just fine---IF----the damn government had not have stolen the American people's money that they paid into the Social Security Trust Fund. But, no the greedy and spend thrift bastards saw all that money just sitting there and could not keep their slimey hands off of it. SOOOOOOO they just stole it and put in an I-O-U to the American People.

The only solution to this and most of the economic woes in this country would be the implementation of The Fair Tax!!!

BUTTTTT that probably will not happen, so your guess is as good as mine as to what might happen, then.

[shepherdchik]

It's unfortunate that we are letting and trusting the government to take care of us. Have they really done a good job in the past? These people that are supposed to receive ss can't because the government spent their money! I am  long way away from receiving any social security and unless they do something about it I won't get anything and honestly I don't think it's fair. Maybe ss should be an option to take out of your pay. If I took all the money that has been taken out of my pay and had my own account I wouldn't be so worried. The government needs to get it's priorities straight and fix what doesn't work anymore, which is a lot of work that they don't want to do. Promises mean nothing, turn it into some action...

[kords21]

You have to go back to truly understand the overall financial "health" of this country and by extension all it's programs. I like Ron Paul's idea of bringing the troops home, all the money that was spent on thise pointless wars be used to shore up Socia Security, pay down the debt but give young people a chance to opt out of social security so over time it gets phased out. The only problem with that is that over time people would have to be responsible for themselves and a lot of people probably wouldn't like that.