02-28-2018, 03:35 PM
(02-28-2018, 03:25 PM)michaelsean Wrote: It becomes an entitlement when you have people pay in but not take out. Maybe also if you remove the cap, but only count say the first $100,000 someone pays on when calculating their benefits.
Mmm, no, SS is an entitlement and has been from its creation. Entitlement in the realm of policy simply means that people are entitled to the funds statutorily. OASDI and the other SS programs fall into this.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
