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I'm sure I've already made tons of not so friendlies in this thread, why not more.

Why not just cut and run on social security? I've paid in my whole life and probably won't even take a cent from it. We realize it's a mostly unsustainable ponzi scheme dependent on huge population growth that nobody wants, why not just tell us 'sorry, your money is gone, we're ending the program'?

Single payer I'm all for. Just in case you thought I was picking a side :).



> Why not just cut and run on social security?

There's no appetite for this for the exact same reason social security was created in the first place. Without it you have a bunch of senior citizens out on the street unable to work and unable to afford basic necessities.

For all the gnashing of teeth on "entitlement spending" the reality without it is pretty unpalatable to most.




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