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[–] EarlPoncho 8 points 0 points (+8|-8) ago 

social security is a negative investment as they dont invest any of the money and just let it sit. you would be better off getting a .01% return letting it sit in a bank as the value of money depreciates over time. that's how incompetent the government is

all taxes are theft. you owe nothing to anyone but yourself

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[–] PM_Me_Your_Kitchen 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

They don't let social security money "sit." They spend it on interest payments to service the national debt which they increase the principle of in order to write social security checks.

If they did just let the money sit then the whole program would be comparably more solvent than it is now.