#sorry I've been denied SSI like 4 times and it makes me want to [REDACTED]

[lastoneout]

The reason pointing out the fact that the money the Social Security Administration is withholding from you if YOUR money and they should have an obligation to give it back when the time comes makes me feel like I'm pulling libertarian talking points is 1) that's the logic Ayn Rand(may she rest in misery) used to justify accepting social security payments when she was old and I hate agreeing with that rancid hag about anything, and 2) just because while it is true that it's YOUR money a libertarian would look at the issues with the SSA and go "okay well we should just get rid of it then, welfare is theft, if you didn't save money for retirement you should just die" when the real problem isn't welfare and social safety nets funded by the people it's that the gov SAID they were creating a social safety net and then blew the fucking money and they know they fucked up and instead of owning up to it and fixing it they've been trying to blame the people for it ever since.

Like if you started working a part-time job at 15/16 and your parents decided you should give them like $25-50 out of every paycheck, matched it, and put it in a savings account where it could gain interest so that when you hit 18 you have a decent chunk of change to use to help you move or get a car or whatever, that wouldn't be a problem. The problem is if they took all the money, blew it on something stupid and then acted like it was your fault when you hit 18 and were pissed to discover that you don't have a savings account to help you transition to adulthood, especially because it was YOUR fucking money they took.

The issue isn't the concept of a social safety net, it's with the gov fucking it up and never figuring out how to un-fuck it up. And also that they deny people disability, I've said this before but it should be fucking illegal for them to do that. If you're disabled you get money, any society that fucks that up has failed.