What three things will the government need to do to keep Social Security functional in the future?
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keep social security money out of the general funds, replace all money taken out of s.s. used for other things not related to s.s., and thats it.
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1. Marriage 1 man and 1 woman.\n\n2. Enforce immigration law.  Make it so that a woman cannot come to America illegally, have her baby, and that child becomes a citizen.  \n\n3. Pass the Fair Tax\n\n4. Repeal McCain/Finegold Campaign Finance Reform\n\n5. Make it a felony to publish knowingly leaked classified information.  Minimum sentence 20 years.\n\n6. NO AMNESTY FOR ILLEGALS
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The one thing you are not factoring into your formula are the billions upon billions of investment dollars that the Boomers will soon be drawing out of retirement accounts. Most of that money will be taxable.\n\nBesides that fact, social security is not something guaranteed under the Constitution and should be done away with. The 10th Amendment states:\n\n"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."\n\nSocial security was an ill-thought out program rushed through Congress with FDR's New Deal. Many of the problems we face as a nation have their roots in the New Deal. Any governmental program that is based on open or enforced enrollment is doomed to fail at some point - the rolls just grow too large for the base to handle.\n\nWhat this country needs to do is teach people fiscal responsibility and how to prepare for their own retirement. PRIVATIZING social security is the first step. The program that was suggested was a mirror image of the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) available to every Federal government employee. I have two such accounts (one for my civilian job and one for my National Guard job), and BOTH accounts have grown by an average of 60% over the last two years. They do not allow people to invest in whatever they want - contrary to what the Democrats and liberals would have you believe. They consist of five very structured mutual funds based on market indexes. If it is good enough for the President and for Congress, it is good enough for me.\n\nPhasing it in - as was proposed - is the right answer, too. It allows people to keep receiving social security benefits but eventually weans people off of the government rolls.\n\nThe irony of liberals and Democrats not supporting privatized social security is this: They are the first ones that claim you cannot trust the government, yet they want the entire nation to trust the government with their retirement.
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I would like to have a social security system just like our senators and congressmen have, you can bet theirs never runs out.
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How about this?\n\nPenalize (harshly) businesses that employ illegals. Multiple offenses = jail time. \n\nYou should be required to match the social security number to a national database. Social security should be required to assist. \n\nNo SSN = No Job, No Apartment, No Drivers License, No Bank account. Nada, Zip, Nichts, Nunya.\n\nWhen the money dries up, so will the flood of illegals.
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None, they will just talk about it and legislate it to take affect in three years.
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Call your social security office and ask them this question just to make sure you are doing everything by the book, okay? Good luck.
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I believe it is Social Security.
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If you are talking about SSI/SSDI, then the answer is...it depends on how severely it limits the ability to function, especially work. There needs to be a long history and it needs to be well documented and the entire frustrating procedure can literally take years (this is not at all unusual.)
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Social Security administration
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Democrats will not address Social Security disparities, they have proved this time and again. They prefer to demonize Republicans and use fear tactics as a means to scare the elderly. The honest truth is that the fund is going broke and the latest analysis shows that the fund will be operating at a deficit by 2017 with the fund being completely exhausted by 2040 without immediate adjustments in revenue. The SSI trustees estimate that in order to save SSI and preserve solvency for the next 75 years would require an immediate increase of 16% in payroll taxes, or a 31% reduction in current benefits. People ignore these numbers at their own peril. Best advice is do not count on Social Security as your primary means of retirement. Personally I am over halfway to retirement age and do plan to be able to enjoy a good quality of life when the time comes. For this reason I am investing heavily in my 401K and IRA.
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You MUST have their social security numbe to begin doing anything.
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1. Develop a sound infrastructure.\n2. Utilities and communications should be focused on.\n3. Ensure training is available for the population in order to ensure a stable educated workforce.
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Go on the social security website and you will get some of your answers.
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The Republican majority currently in place seeks to dismantle the social programs that were put into place after the Great depression and return the US to a nation of unfettered wealth and unregulated business, and unrelieved poverty. \n By heaping debt on the nation they seek to stay in power long enough to either remove social safety nets via legislation or put the country in such debt that they must be cut by administrations that follow.  Social Security has proven to be "untouchable" because the majority of Americans know it protects the elderly against a crashed economy, in which savings can be wiped out in the blink of an eye.  By the time this administration ends, we will have to cut SS to handle the debt.\nThey also seek to undo the progressive tax rates, which have largely been brought down from a high bracket of 90% in the 1960's to a high bracket to 33% today.  Millionaires have much to be grateful for with this government.
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Clinton passed the most sweeping welfare reform bill in 50 years - welfare to work. I think welfare is a solid program as long as it's not abused and is not a lifelong meal ticket. As far as Social Security goes, what ever happened to personal responsibility? Why are we paying what is basically a tax to Washington when we could be investing that money and getting higher returns? Social Security will not be backrupt in 20 years. It is bankrupt now. There is no money in the social secutiry trust fund. It has all been spent and replaced with IOUs. Washington is spending "our" retirement money. There are 2 ways to fix the system. Raise the ceiling for SS contributions from $72,600, where it is now, and "lock box" them, or disband the system.
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Offer tax incentives to "one parent at home" families. That way, more jobs would be created, and the tax that those with the new jobs paid - as opposed to the Social Security benefits they received - would counterbalance each other.\nPlus, there would be less crime caused by burglaries and latch-key kids. Children would be better supervised and receive proper meals, instead of junk food, resulting in less obesity and fewer associated health conditions.\nI am not a politician, yet it is so obvious.\nWhy don't you stand for council? Good luck!