As you may know, the government takes money out of every pay check you own, to help you save a good chunk of the money it will take for you to live off of after retirement age (65). Say a person who has not really been one to focus on saving, and if you have to save with no specific goal in mind, you would rather the money come out of your check and be put somewhere automatically so you won't touch it. For people such as yourself, Social security is an excellent program to help you save for retirement age. BUT, if you really look at it, our government is spoiling us be helping us save for this future time in our life where we a) might not be able to work anymore, or b) will be tired of working and just wanna enjoy our family and grand kids without having to bust our heads over making a paycheck.
As adults (Especially if you are Christian), we should automatically show interest, learn and develop the responsibility of saving. Most of us Americans do the opposite. We are used to learning about credit and how to spend money we don't have by financing. Building credit is important, but saving should technically be the priority of every responsible adult. With that said, what if the Government was forced to do away with the Social Security program? What if the stopped taking the money from our checks and was like "the US government cannot afford the Social Security program anymore. All working class citizens will just have to man up and learn how to save if you ever want to retire." How would the country feel and react to that? How would you feel and react to that? I mean you would be responsible for setting aside money for a life that is 38 years away (if you are 27 yrs old).
Many folks would protest I'm sure, but the truth of the matter is that we should be able to save for our future on our own. It would be hard to transition into something we should have already been doing because we built a life being spoiled with social security. So once again, how do you think you would feel and/or react to this scenario?
As adults (Especially if you are Christian), we should automatically show interest, learn and develop the responsibility of saving. Most of us Americans do the opposite. We are used to learning about credit and how to spend money we don't have by financing. Building credit is important, but saving should technically be the priority of every responsible adult. With that said, what if the Government was forced to do away with the Social Security program? What if the stopped taking the money from our checks and was like "the US government cannot afford the Social Security program anymore. All working class citizens will just have to man up and learn how to save if you ever want to retire." How would the country feel and react to that? How would you feel and react to that? I mean you would be responsible for setting aside money for a life that is 38 years away (if you are 27 yrs old).
Many folks would protest I'm sure, but the truth of the matter is that we should be able to save for our future on our own. It would be hard to transition into something we should have already been doing because we built a life being spoiled with social security. So once again, how do you think you would feel and/or react to this scenario?
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