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Originally Posted by shiftdnb
lol, acting like Social Security and Medicare is welfare that eats into our taxes. They are earned benefits that people have put into over their lifetime. Please stop with the misinformation.
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1. Did you actually look at the chart I linked? It clearly shows that the chart you posted is a small portion of the overall budget and that non-discretionary spending makes up the majority of the budget.
2. SS and Medicare are earned benefits for some people, and unearned handouts for others. Like Omega wrote, I'll never get the full "benefits" of the taxes I paid into the system. So, if I don't get back the money I already paid as a "benefit" to me, where did it go? Answer: to people who haven't earned it and some was siphoned off to use for other pork projects.