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bushwhack227 t1_j6fok9w wrote

Reply to comment by drxdrg08 in Universal Childcare for Pennsylvanians— and everyone in the US by Existing-Papaya-8643

>they are generally paid back when someone retires.

That depends how long you live. Wealthier people benefit much more from those puritans because they tend to live longer.

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drxdrg08 t1_j6g5zek wrote

That's not true. Social Security is a re-distributive system.

Lower income people get more benefit out of it than they paid into it. In other words, the system skews payments towards the lower end at the expense of the upper end.

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