Why pessimism on Social Security could come back to bite millennials

Re:Why pessimism on Social Security could come back to bite ... by t0mbstone on Thursday May 23, 2019 @04:15PM (#19995463)

I have been paying a huge chunk of my paycheck towards social security ever since I started working full time at the age of 16. If I continue putting money into social security and never see it because I die at 70, how is that fair?

I would rather the government just give me all my social security money back and let me invest it. I have probably given them a couple hundred thousand dollars by now.

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Re:Why pessimism on Social Security could come back to bite ... by Terr_ on Thursday May 23, 2019 @05:43PM (#19996321)

> and never see it because I die at 70, how is that fair?

"I paid premiums for fire-insurance, and my house was never destroyed in a raging inferno, how is that fair?"

Basically if you die, then you're definitively not at risk for "being old and poor." It's also an excellent time to stop paying the premiums, which fortunately occurs automatically...

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