Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Letter to the editor:

Politicians are like unruly teens

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Social Security was funded and had a savings account. The government took the money out of the savings account and essentially put it in a personal entertainment fund, with the promise to pay it back with interest. If our teenagers did this, we would still want our money back with interest. So what are we supposed to tell politicians when they say, “You owe us! So we are keeping the loan and taking the rest of the savings”?

Social Security and Medicare have been paid for. The system isn’t broken. The demands of the government need to be met with skepticism and a tight fist. They haven’t offered to take us into their homes and care for us. Taking away the security of Baby Boomers and their parents now is a slap in the face to every parent who raised a child and tried to teach fiscal responsibility.

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