John H wrote:

From whence came that tidbit? What percent of the current withholdings
goes to
support the WODI's you mention above? Remember, if 3% is personalized,
the other
97% is still there to provide the same support.


If the parents of the WODI had been allowed to invest some of their SS
money in
a decent manner and pass it on when they died, perhaps the indigent
wouldn't be
so indigent.


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I thought you were a math whiz.

The employee's SS contribution is about 7.5% of wages, matched by the
employer.

If you take 3% of the employee wages out of the SS system, you are left
with about 75% of the money, not 97%.

We can't break faith with all of the people who have, foolishly,
planned on SS for old age income.