May 6, 2009
Overhaul Social Security? That’s unpossible!

Posted at 4:37 pm, in: Welfare
Tags: Social Security, The Simpsons

Apparently these people (that would be your elected government officials) aren’t doing enough, so overhauling Social Security is next on the agenda:

Key lawmakers from both parties have held tentative talks about overhauling the Social Security system, and Congress could turn its attention to the federal retirement program as soon as this fall if a bipartisan consensus emerges, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer said yesterday.

“I am hopeful. It’s a tough issue,” Hoyer (D-Md.) said in an interview, adding that he and other lawmakers are still trying to assess whether sufficient support exists to move forward.

So far, Democrats have found a willing partner in the Senate, where Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) has stated his desire to work with President Obama to make changes to keep Social Security solvent. Projections show that the system, which has brought in more money than it pays out, will begin to need at least small infusions of cash from the rest of the government within the next decade without changes to the benefit structure.

Graham said yesterday that he has spoken to Hoyer and Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Senate Democrat, about the issue and that he stands ready “as a Republican to more than meet the president in the middle.”

Those Democrats must think that Barack Obama’s popularity is going to sail them through any issue. Socializing health care is one thing, overhauling Social Security is a completely different beast. Let me start off by saying, good luck with that.

As someone who will probably never see the beneift of the ridiculous amount of money I am paying into the ponzi scheme that is Social Security, I don’t want the system to be “saved.” I want it to be abolished.

Let my generation be the last to have to carry the burden of our parent’s and grandparent’s generation. Let’s make a deal: we’ll cover those above a certain age that were told they would have this “safety net” there waiting for them (and as a result, have failed or refused to plan for their futures), but the rest of us, who fall under a certain age who have been aware the whole time that this benefit wouldn’t be there for us, we should be able to have our private accounts to do with what we please.

The only solution to the problem that is Social Security in America is the abolition of Social Security in America. It’s bad enough that my generation has to carry this burden from past generations, but can the buck stop here? Can we, please, end this insanity with us?

I don’t want my nieces and nephews and their children supporting me when I’m too old to work. Just allow me to keep my money now and pack it away for that rainy day myself. No offense, Congress, but I have this feeling that I might be able to better manage my money than you can. I know you think otherwise, that you are better suited to make choices about my future than I am, but I’ve been watching how you’ve been handling our money lately and I can’t say I feel you’re doing too good of a job.

I know. I’m wasting my breath. Congress will never abolish Social Security; they won’t even fix it. They’ll talk a good game, but in the end nothing will get passed. Too many old people vote, and they will vote anyone out who touches their precious welfare.

Gratuitous Simpsons reference:

Bum on the street to Grampa Simpson: Got any spare change, man?

Grampa Simpson: Yes! And you ain’t gettin’ it! Everybody wants something for nothing (walking into the Social Security Office). I’m old! Gimme gimme gimme!

Overhaul Social Security? In the words of Ralp Wiggums, “That’s unpossible!”