tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889986006783300070.post4806648168147741621..comments2023-10-19T05:40:40.156-07:00Comments on The Theory of Mediocrity: Becoming a BurdenPT Bohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10101195261695989996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889986006783300070.post-37493242484712921162012-09-30T15:19:57.869-07:002012-09-30T15:19:57.869-07:00Yes, my brother makes the same argument. He says y...Yes, my brother makes the same argument. He says you will turn an insurance program into a welfare program. But you have it right, people can elect not to accept their SS. PT Bohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10101195261695989996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6889986006783300070.post-51951969267744209482012-09-30T14:47:10.354-07:002012-09-30T14:47:10.354-07:00The question of Social Security is a difficult one...The question of Social Security is a difficult one for me. On the most basic level I don’t believe the program is Constitutional. But I understand the reasons for it and I don’t think it’s going away. <br /><br />A lot of my fellow bloggers don’t understand this but I don’t like the notion of means-testing for Social Security. That’s not because I’m so eager to collect, but it has to do with honesty within the gov’t. SS was sold as an insurance program. You contribute so much and if you live to a certain age you receive a defined monthly payment. When we means-test that it becomes, to a large extent, a wealth transfer program in which more successful Americans are funding the retirements of less successful Americans. I see nothing wrong with ASKING wealthier Americans to forego their payments from SS. But to simply decide to take it smacks of Marxism to me.<br /><br />Like my deceased brother-in-law, Paul, I admire your determination to be self-supporting, Patrick. There aren’t a lot of people who would do the same.<br />CWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18093393578438689105noreply@blogger.com