• prole
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    You might be right in spirit, and of course I agree with the general sentiment, but technically no, that’s not your money anymore and it would not be theft. That’s not how taxation works.

    When you pay SS payroll tax, you’re not putting money into a retirement account.

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      Perhaps, but does represent an agreement with the government that they will take a portion of your, and your employer’s money each year, and when you reach the right age, they will write a check every month.

      They can’t unilaterally choose to stop honoring their side of the agreement based on the ignorant and illegal opinions of a Foreign Sociopathic Oligarch and the most prolific traitor in American history.

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          There are a number of strategies to stop them, but America isn’t ready to employ them yet, but at some point we will. All my life, I hoped I would never have to say this, but it is almost certainly going to take some serious violence to stop the MAGA Nazis. Nobody alive has ever seen that in this country, so it will take a while for America to come to terms with that option.