Jason McDonald Not every recipient or potential recipient of Social Security and Medicare get an infinite amount of care in return. Many die before they even reach retirement age; many more die soon afterwards, and many don't use more than they put in.Social Security pays 1 percent interest on money invested. That's awful! Inflation eats away at that money for 40 or 50 years; but it is much better than nothing. Many of us, for good reasons, can't or don't invest. Without Social Security and Medicare, we'd live in a Third World country, flocks of beggars, whole families, on virtually every major street corner in America.Social Security is one of the most successful and effective government programs in our long history.Churches, charities, and communities cannot help all those Americans who need help, so government, where the buck always stops, must step in. Not even large corporations can or will step up to the plate big-time, and if they do, it's a tax write-off.

Jason McDonald Not every recipient or potential recipient of Social Security and Medicare get an infinite amount of care in return. Many die before they even reach retirement age; many more die soon afterwards, and many don't use more than they put in.Social Security pays 1 percent interest on money invested. That's awful! Inflation eats away at that money for 40 or 50 years; but it is much better than nothing. Many of us, for good reasons, can't or don't invest. Without Social Security and Medicare, we'd live in a Third World country, flocks of beggars, whole families, on virtually every major street corner in America.Social Security is one of the most successful and effective government programs in our long history.Churches, charities, and communities cannot help all those Americans who need help, so government, where the buck always stops, must step in. Not even large corporations can or will step up to the plate big-time, and if they do, it's a tax write-off.

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