• sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    13 hours ago

    You said you doubt people under 50 collect on Social Security.

    … Disabled people do.

    Generally, SSDI is not really worth bringing up on if it is taxes or not…

    Hey I mean yeah, sure, unless its your only source of income!

    Not like I’ll become homeless and die within 3 to 6 months if taxes going toward SSDI suddenly get reclassified or rerouted or totally removed!

    Not like that’s the case for about 6.3 million Americans under the age of 65 whose only income is SSDI!

    https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/quickfacts/stat_snapshot/

    sigh

    …and I’d personally argue that tying someone’s ability to live disabled to their previous work is needlessly cruel.

    At least we agree on that.

    • Ohmmy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      13 hours ago

      I’m still not sure what you’re trying to say here. I have agreed with everything you have said, you’re just really annoying about having to self insert yourself into a comment thread like you have to be the center of attention. Tell me, what happens if people under 50 now can never pull from social security for retirement? They will also face 3-6 months before homelessness and death. You immediately made it about how it’s not a tax because you’re one of those who gets to use it as opposed to pay in and never claim.

      I never once argued for the removal of SSDI, I only ever brought up how tens or hundreds of millions could face very harsh retirements. For the average American worker, social security is deducted from their pay and they might never see what you now rely on.