Should Social Security be eliminated entirely?

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Invest your own money with a private fund manager and then you won't need social security.

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Did you just accidentally make an argument for the elimination of social security? Isn't this what the rest of us have been saying all along?

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Lost me on that one Mos. Most of the people on this forum are probably intelligent and capable of doing much better with their social security funds than the government is doing. However, we do not represent the country at large. The vast majority of people do not save properly.

Do you dispute that?

Therefore, in order to avoid the economic disaster of the 1930's the social security system was set up as a safety net. No one has shown that there is no longer a need for that safety net.

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The status quo is justified because it is the status quo. If you think you need a safety net, then feel free to participate in some safety net scheme. You haven't shown any justification for forcing others into one. "People don't do the things I think they should" is not a justification.

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Oh god, I just made a post that sounds like this. I don't like agreeing with pvn. It makes me feel so dirty. I miss the old days.