Quote Originally Posted by O'Callaghan View Post
The GOP at one time tried to pass a bill to deny people like me the social security we have paid for if we return to our home countries to retire, but mercifully it didn't pass.
I'm not a benefits expert, but I believe the money we pay into Social Security goes to pay for those people who are currently receiving retirement benefits. It's not a savings account that is in our name to be accessed for OUR retirement at a later date. Similar to the taxes we pay now that go to people on welfare, or for roads, or parks or....,. They go to fund operating costs now, not to ensure that WE get to use those things in the future.

I may not have that completely right, but I think that's the deal.