Posted by DHB, AZ
We all knew that the Social Security fund did not exist. It was a pay-as-you go welfare plan for the elderly, but it seemed justified since those people had worked and paid into the plan. What astonished me was learning how many people are receiving Social Security benefits who never paid anything into it.
There are all kinds of people getting SS checks who never paid anything into the “fund.”
When my wife started receiving her measley SS check because she had always worked at low-paying jobs, she talked to her old friend from high school, who had never worked for wages even one day in her whole life. She was also receiving SS, but at a higher rate (spousal SS based on husband’s earnings, even if the husband was still alive). That is only the beginning. There are all kinds of people getting SS checks who never paid anything into the “fund.” It gets worse. Just yesterday, the Senate voted to allow illegal aliens to receive SS benefits based on their illegal wages, working illegally at jobs they had no right to, using phony SS numbers.
That is felony upon felony, but it was rationalized because they had “earned” it. As one person put it, it is like making sure that someone who hijacks an airline plane at least gets his frequent flyer miles. Our hero, John McCain, voted for it too.