Certain people are staunchly against what they call “handouts”, even though Social Security is not that at all. The argument they make is that it costs other money to operate and maintain that they wouldn’t need to spend if they just TRUST in whatever company would be managing that money if they privatize it. It’s one of the dumbest arguments you’ll hear about social programs.
The sad part is that I would hesitate to even call it a social program either - it’s the bare fucking minimum. It’s just taking the money that you paid into it and paying it back out to you later in life. It provides some financial structure and stability to those who otherwise would not have it, and that’s important, sure. But considering that this is height of our vital government social programs, then the bar is already so pathetically low. This is fighting to keep the scraps when private industry is already milking us for healthcare, education, public transit, utilities, etc, etc, etc, and it’s pitiful that we have to fight to even keep this.
Certain people are staunchly against what they call “handouts”, even though Social Security is not that at all. The argument they make is that it costs other money to operate and maintain that they wouldn’t need to spend if they just TRUST in whatever company would be managing that money if they privatize it. It’s one of the dumbest arguments you’ll hear about social programs.
The sad part is that I would hesitate to even call it a social program either - it’s the bare fucking minimum. It’s just taking the money that you paid into it and paying it back out to you later in life. It provides some financial structure and stability to those who otherwise would not have it, and that’s important, sure. But considering that this is height of our vital government social programs, then the bar is already so pathetically low. This is fighting to keep the scraps when private industry is already milking us for healthcare, education, public transit, utilities, etc, etc, etc, and it’s pitiful that we have to fight to even keep this.