Re: Understanding the Social Security scam
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1) the tax is onerous on those who can least afford it, a regressive tax.
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Don't they receive payments from the government when they reach retirement age given they meet all the other requirements?
One major objection (among many) I have with SS is that if you're earning an income your benefit payments are reduced. If you socked the money paid to SS into an IRA it wouldn't matter if you had earned income or not.
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