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Originally Posted by Adrian Thompson
Not sure I follow the logic. I'll be pulling many many multiple times what I put into my various retirement accounts, you know, compound interest and all that. If (both parties) of government hadn't been using the social security fund as an atm for decades the system would have no issue.
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But they did use it as an ATM. The logic involves actually creating wealth vs. redistributing what wealth already exists. Various retirement accounts are reflective of the stock market. SS is a reflection of some yahoos in DC sneaking new laws in.