Vivian E. Jackson – 2/15/07

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False advertising; Vivian E. Jackson; Beaver County Times; February 15, 2007.

Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.

“A few years back, my mother passed away.

“In complete sadness, my father and I proceeded to make arrangements for the funeral and dealing with insurances.

“When we arrived at Social Security and explained of my mother’s demise, the girl tending to us asked me if we wanted the $255 that Social Security advertises on TV and other media for my mother’s funeral now, or would I like to wait until later (and motioned her head toward my father).

“Not understanding her gesture, my father said to give us the money then. We finished all the paperwork needed and left.

“A few years later, I had to repeat the same grueling tasks, only this time alone. Once again, to the Social Security office. But this time they told me I would not be receiving the $255. I was told only one spouse gets it.

“Excuse me, my parents paid into the system since its start, and you are telling me only one gets the benefits? Upon marriage, are we to plan who is going first or which one will receive the payment? I just want America to know that you are getting taken by the U.S. of A. once again.

“Let’s go, politicians. Rather than who did this or that to whoever and what they ate for breakfast when they were 12, how about checking into how your public gets shafted by the government you are running.

“If I was wrongly treated, I will expect a check in the mail. If I heard right, I expect an explanation, in full, to all Americans why we have to pay Social Security and cannot reap the benefits as advertised. It’s false advertising.”

[RWC] I’m not going to get into the details of Ms. Jackson’s example, though it appears “The benefit is paid only if there is a surviving spouse or surviving children under the age of 18.”

My point is this. If Ms. Jackson has only just figured out there’s been “false advertising” about Socialist Security since its inception in the late 1930s, where has she been all this time? Socialist Security is a Ponzi scheme. When we pay Socialist Security and Medicare taxes, those taxes pay current beneficiaries; they are not saved to pay for our benefits. In other words, even if you paid Socialist Security and Medicare taxes for decades, you’re dependent on current taxpayers for any benefits you receive. That’s the way it’s been since day 1.