Sorry, Mom. The government says you have to go on welfare rather than Social Security. And of course that means you'll have to work too, since welfare is now subject to a work requirement. Good luck with those "generous" benefits though. No retirement for you I guess. Thanks for playing! This hypothetical future is run (for some).In the case of your mother, as you told the story, she should receive generous welfare benefits from the gov't, not retirement benefits.
Your Social Security is already welfare, just with a name that allows you to feel better about itMixing and blending social welfare aid and retirement benefits is one of the causes of today's SS funding crisis.
And I don't see how you solve "today's funding crisis" by moving benefits from one program to another.
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