Our congress borrowed from our social security money again recently. At the same time they gave tax cuts again to the super rich and corporations. The cuts they gave would have almost covered the amount they borrowed that we have paid in from our own paychecks. THIS IS NOT TAX MONEY ! This is money paid by workers for workers retirement or disability!
Why is this important?
Most of the US citizens are affected by this. I am a 56 yr old worker who is once again losing a job to corporate greed after 25 yrs of service. I work for a fortune 500 company who is moving South where they can pay workers 8.00 an hour part time and not pay benefits. I have no choice but to take early retirement to keep insurance on myself, husband, and 2 grandchildren. In doing so, I am losing 28 percent of my retirement and will have to take a lower paying job. I am very afraid that the reckless borrowing of social security is endangering the ability to provide for my family in the near future. If it is not there, many elderly will starve and go without much needed medication. This is not meant to be used as tax money. We worked and paid in to it to insure the ability to provide for us and our family in old age or disability. PERIOD!
