NotMyPrerogative t1_ja76eqi wrote on February 27, 2023 at 10:12 AM

Reply to comment by Whalesongsblow in The Cost for an American to Comfortably Retire in Every State and Country, mapped by berrysardar

It makes me so dang sad everytime I see an elder working at walmart.

kungpaocheese t1_ja7i0uw wrote on February 27, 2023 at 12:37 PM

You're paying their social security.

TaliesinMerlin t1_ja87iu4 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:57 PM

By the same logic, they paid someone else's social security. I'm not sure why that point is relevant here.

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lucky_ducker t1_ja80zi5 wrote on February 27, 2023 at 3:13 PM

Social Security has been taxing wages, and paying out benefits, since 1937. I entered the workforce in 1977 and have been paying into SS my entire work life.

Pretty much anyone born after 1919 has been paying SS taxes their whole work life.

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