Presidential race 2016

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As far as Social Security goes, whoever said those who make more should forego their SS (or some portion thereof)...why not raise the age since we're all living longer? That affects everyone equally but nooooooooooooooo....We can't have that.

Christie's plan involves both raising the retirement eligibility age for SS benefits and cutting off the wealthy.

He wants to:

1. Raise the age by two years (from age 67 to age 69), one month a year, over the next 25 years. This change would start in 2022.

2. Cut off Americans with “retirement income” above $200,000 and with “more than $4 to $5 million in liquid assets saved” because “they don’t need that Social Security check.”

Shortly after the Christie/Huckabee debate exchange, Bernie Sanders tweeted: “Social Security can pay every penny owed for the next 18 years. Lift the cap on taxable income and it’ll be solvent for decades.”

Sanders is on the budget committee and says the SS fund will not be bankrupt for nearly two decades if nothing changes, and the fund would be in good shape for decades thereafter if the $118,500 ceiling on earnings that are taxed by Social Security were lifted.

I need to process this. We pay the cap. I *think* I could stomach raising the cap provided, having contributed more to SS, we could expect more back (either via earlier retirement or higher SS checks). Here again, why should we contribute more and not get more back in retirement?

Truth is, fuck social security. It's only for idiots that can't save/invest their money anyway. I'm pretty sure we could do a lot better than the government with the dollars we're contributing to SS. It's all a rip off to help the stupid.