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Karma13612

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9. If they want back in, then the credits start from the day

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Dec 24, 2025, 10:08 AM

6 hrs ago

they sign back on to the system.

I’m usually very charitable, but I don’t see how we can let them start ‘collecting’ unless they have paid their share just like those of us who paid in for decades while working.

I mean, there are people who have to pay a penalty FOR LIFE for drug coverage if they didn’t initially take out a plan that included drug coverage when they first signed on to Medicare. That policy is an obscenity.

Our country is about two things: profit and financial pain

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New Bill Would Allow Some Americans to Opt Back Into Social Security [View all] BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP

Only if they pay in the total amount of FICA taxes they otherwise Deminpenn 11 hrs ago #1

Very true mdbl 9 hrs ago #2

I found this information about Catholic Priests and Nuns interesting rpannier 8 hrs ago #3

No, the text is fairly clear in most places. Igel 8 hrs ago #4

Whether allowing them to opt in strains SS resources or not isn't the issue in my mind... paleotn 7 hrs ago #5

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There are bipartisan versions of this bill in both the House and the Senate BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #8

whatever happened to "Congress shall make no law concerning religion"? Scruffy1 6 hrs ago #7

If they want back in, then the credits start from the day Karma13612 6 hrs ago #9

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Then you gotta pay in. Otherwise, no, I'm sorry. Callie1979 4 hrs ago #13

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