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bucolic_frolic

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5. "means testing" beneficiaries

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon Jun 15, 2026, 12:37 PM

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You got $10? You don't need our $10.

I don't think they should have "personal accounts" to invest in the stock market. Now if SS wanted to place 10% of their funds in a SS sovereign pool to boost earnings, that's a credible path to explore in my mind.

But there are things that need to be answered. YOu can contribute for decades and croak at 64 and collect zilch. Wealthy folks can have all the private assets they can accumulate, many multiple streams of income, and also collect the highest SS payouts. These 2 different scenarios don't seem very "social" to me. THey are not supporting the boat, they are individuals who have very different outcomes.

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