Old Microbiologist
Recycles dryer sheets
Montecfo - No, as per usual with governmental programs it is riddled with exceptions and tradeoffs. I get hot and bothered when Congressman start talking about means testing and limiting benefits to those who are insolvent otherwise. Also, they keep referring to it as a huge tax burden on income taxes but it is separately funded and has been borrowed from to the tune of $2.7 trillion with no hope of repayment. So as for it being insolvent sometime in the near future that is because Congress stole from it back in the day when they actually tried to balance a budget and didn't just throw in the towel and just start printing money like there is no day of reckoning. That was another reason to take it early. I don't trust our government to keep up its end of the bargain. I recall being promised free health care for life back in the Vietnam era if I would re-enlist which I did and they reneged on that promise. There are many other examples but that is when I learned about how much you can trust our government. What riles me is they will print money for ridiculous wars that never end and the military has 60% of the federal budget yet there still isn't enough for Veteran's care or retiree medical. Yes, I know---priorities.