That was the covid spending, the inflation reduction act, the constant wars. Literally the one thing both sides agreed on.

Same as how I’m paying into social security I’ll never collect. Same as how inflation punished me for saving and cut the value of the currency almost in half.

This has always been the case though. I’ve seen someone retire and they offer you a choice on how to structure your SS and pension, monthly, lump sum, etc. Generally those pensions are going to be much higher than social security anyways. For the few that still get them. i.e. predominantly public sector employees.

These provisions reduce Social Security benefits in proportion to a beneficiary’s pension amount, which impacts individuals who receive pensions from employment not covered by Social Security.

So you get a pension and your SS is reduced by that amount? Isn’t that the point of the pension? Big nothing burger.

This is what government does. It finds you breaking some arbitrary rule and makes the worst possible outcome for all parties involved. Then they pretend and act like it’s for your own good.

Squirrels don’t normally carry rabies. There were plenty of other options.

So don’t sign up. Go without.

You all lived through a trump presidency before and we are about to live through a whoever runs the biden one. None of this crazy shit is going to come to pass. It’s just going to be more of the same.

The only thing consistent since obama’s second term has been the decline.