UntilTheNDofTimE
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I in no way feel im some kind of Political guru, honestly i know nothing about politics but on the surface i have very many assumptions upon government and the parties. The average response to the main difference between republicans and democrats is. " republicans are for the rich while democrats are for the poor and middle class". The democratic party is full of big supporters of many many many social security type programs that help out people that cant make it on there own. Although we all know these programs such as welfare and unemployment are taken advantage of by 80% of the people that are on them.
My question is why would you support such policy's. The reason we pay such high taxes along with a bunch of other bs is because of such programs that are draining the system dry. And when such people decide to retire from "welfare", they get social security benefits while having never paid into it.
I believe we need some sort of support for the people who need it but not like we do it now. Id be a strong supporter of tuition reimbursement and free child care for a person who is trying to better themselves while going to school if they have kids to help them out.
If a individual needs additional income support and dosent wish to peruse higher education i believe we can supplement there income but they also must be working. No sitting on your ass to collect free money and food stamps.
As far as retirement goes social security is one of the biggest rip offs there is to the working man. And social security is going broke because people who dont pay into it are milking the system. A much simpler solution to this problem is to get rid of it all together. We survived for 200 years as a country without social security and we can do it again. But i would substitute it with a mandatory 401k plan for all employers and employee's. I pay a average of $50 a week for social security. If we took that $200 a month( $2400 a year + 50% company match for 3600) and invested it in a 401k plan( versus paying into social security) over 40 years making 8% a year(average working years before retirement, average ROI on a strong 401k), that nest egg would be worth well over 1 million dollars. Very sufficient retirement fund that would be guaranteed to workers.
I just dont get why are government is so foolish with such things.
Theres my political rant for the year.
My question is why would you support such policy's. The reason we pay such high taxes along with a bunch of other bs is because of such programs that are draining the system dry. And when such people decide to retire from "welfare", they get social security benefits while having never paid into it.
I believe we need some sort of support for the people who need it but not like we do it now. Id be a strong supporter of tuition reimbursement and free child care for a person who is trying to better themselves while going to school if they have kids to help them out.
If a individual needs additional income support and dosent wish to peruse higher education i believe we can supplement there income but they also must be working. No sitting on your ass to collect free money and food stamps.
As far as retirement goes social security is one of the biggest rip offs there is to the working man. And social security is going broke because people who dont pay into it are milking the system. A much simpler solution to this problem is to get rid of it all together. We survived for 200 years as a country without social security and we can do it again. But i would substitute it with a mandatory 401k plan for all employers and employee's. I pay a average of $50 a week for social security. If we took that $200 a month( $2400 a year + 50% company match for 3600) and invested it in a 401k plan( versus paying into social security) over 40 years making 8% a year(average working years before retirement, average ROI on a strong 401k), that nest egg would be worth well over 1 million dollars. Very sufficient retirement fund that would be guaranteed to workers.
I just dont get why are government is so foolish with such things.
Theres my political rant for the year.
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