OK, folks - Social Security is an *earned* benefit. One pays for it from what one earns. It is a retirement/disability/survivors benefit. The amount received depends on how long we work before we (or our survivors) receive it. *It is not a handout.* It pays us back what we pay in. It is *our* money. - ThreadSky

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dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social • 3 days ago

OK, folks - Social Security is an *earned* benefit. One pays for it from what one earns. It is a retirement/disability/survivors benefit. The amount received depends on how long we work before we (or our survivors) receive it. *It is not a handout.* It pays us back what we pay in. It is *our* money.

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shademar.bsky.social•3 days ago

I wish people understood the actual meaning of entitlement (a thing which you are actually *entitled to*) and not the reddit (and beyond) version of the word that is understood as 'person thinks they are entitled to something when they're not.'
It's an entire inversion of meaning, embraced by Fox.

dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social•3 days ago

Conservative propagandists have been distorting the meaning for a long, long time (at least since Reagan). As a result, most people don't understand Social Security well at all. I didn't when my daughter became eligible.

shademar.bsky.social•3 days ago

Oh, I hope she's doing well and the process is working. I researched a lot because in academia you often don't pay payroll taxes until late 30's to 40's and no one, absolutely no one, grasps what that means. Or that credits can expire.

Anyways, all the best luck navigating the (mangled?) system.

dsfpspacefl1ght.bsky.social•3 days ago

She's 22 now so she hasn't received survivor benefits for several years. We're done with that chapter, now moving into the "dad hopes his earned Social Security benefits are not stolen by billionaires" chapter.

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