You seem to be a nice person and kept our differences respectful- thanks for that.
I also never heard of the term “legally lie” before and after. He explained that basically I wasn’t signing that everything was true- I was signing that if something isn’t true, they have the right to sue me. That raised a red flag. Another red flag was that I needed to pay in cash and not get a receipt so that there’s no trail. I wasn’t comfortable with the whole thing.
I think what we don’t agree on boils down to whether or not the government has the right to charge “unfair” taxes and not if someone is allowed to cheat on taxes if they feel that it’s not fair. We probably both agree that there’s enormous amounts of waste in the taxes being collected.
I’m trying very hard to stay out of politics but I will say that, in my opinion, the taxes being charged nowadays are exorbitant and unfair to many families. I will also say though that for some people it’s working and would work better if the government would raise taxes.
I also think we disagree on whether it’s fair or not to tell someone who doesn’t like the tax rates to either vote out the politicians (you probably agree with me on that one) or leave the country and renounce citizenship.
I don’t think it’s possible to save Social Security – at least not in a way that would give everyone 100% of what they should be getting. It’s a shame because I see how my 401(k)s are growing and the amount paid towards Social Security (between me and my employers) is significantly higher than what my employers and I set aside towards retirement.
People are retiring at a younger age nowadays and there aren’t enough people working vs the amount of people getting Social Security. Had the government funneled the funds towards an annuity with an insurance company- I think we’d all be in a better position.