Paul Harvey on social security (1985)

Circa 1985

[@margretblair5389]

I love Paul Harvey. I listened to him every day when I could

[@bobby1970]

I really miss listening to his radio show in the 1970's and 80's.

[@margretblair5389]

Into the 90's too. The longest running radio broadcaster in history. 70 years

[@bobby1970]

@@margretblair5389 Wow, I never knew that. Definitely a very long time. He is greatly missed by the people who listened to his broadcasts.

[@yisunshin7245]

My God, why can’t we have people like this anymore?

[@jackoff1826]

We do. We just don't get to hear from them anymore. They're even trying to get rid of Joe Rogan now. Soon, if anybody speaks something the almighty say isn't allowed to be spoken, they'll suffer.

[@effu9593]

@@jackoff1826 eff that. WE NEED TO GROW A PAIR AND STAND UP. THOSE OF US WHO WISH TO BE LEFT ALONE ARE NOT BEING LEFT ALONE. WE ARE THE ONES WHO NEED TO GET INTO POLITICS AND TAKE BACK OUR POWER FROM GOVERNMENT AND GIVE IT BACK TO THE PEOPLE. WE NEED MORE REGULATION OF THE POLITICIANS AND GOVERNMENTS THAN WE DO ON OURSELVES. They are supposed to protect our rights, not protect the government from us!!

[@vortecturbo]

@@jackoff1826 we don't. Sorry they have all passed on.

[@pvtimberfaller]

No, they are listed as extremists. SS. is just a stepping stone to communism.

[@InaEsin]

They are being silenced. Seek for independent news outlets. IF you can find them; most are on (is that a gRUMBLE of thunder I heard?) or have you heard of GABby Petito? Many have fled to those two places. This might get deleted if I spoke to you more clearly, sorry about that.

[@marlborored100s]

THE Best newsman of our time!!! Thank God for him.

[@timmy707707]

He wasn't a newsman...he was an opinionator.

[@jimryan4056]

@@timmy707707 he reported the news. Unlike today’s “journalist” that inject their opinion and pass it off as fact.

[@timmy707707]

@@jimryan4056 You are 100% wrong Paul interjected his opinion into almost everything he ever said. He mostly operated on his own and in his latter years from his house with no staff to check anything... I liked the guy...good radio personality a voice that could lull you to sleep but facts? Give me a break. You are talking about Kronkite, Huntley and Brinkly and guys like that.

[@JEANANN100]

@@timmy707707 Just like the MSM in America is today. Only today's version thinks what they are providing Americans for consumption is actually newwwwzzzz. All quiet on the Ukrainian news front with Russia. Zelenskyy's genius has faded in the face of Russian advances, so no news from there. Otherwise mouthy babble and interviews from so-called news correspondents with so-called experts. No newwwwzzzz. Good day.

[@briandonofrio8375]

This wasn't a problem until the Government voted to move Social Security into the general fund and borrow heavily from it. Social Security is running out of money because the Government borrowed it and did not budget it's repayment.

[@sheilakirby5616]

PAUL HARVEY MY FRIEND YOU ARE ABSOLUTE PROOF OF GOD SHOWING OFF ❣️❣️❣️

[@jkdm7653]

There would NEVER be a Social Security shortage if our elected "employees"(the House and Senate) had not been able to vote themselves a seperate and much superior retirement plan, which will never go broke. If federal "servants" had to be in the SS program with the rest of us, there'd be no SS crisis ever!

[@SandfordSmythe]

They pay into SS. The federal plan which is the same for all federal employees, operates the same way as SS, but the pay-roll deductions are greater, so it is safer.

[@effu9593]

Jkdm you are ABSOLUTELY RIGHT

[@TB1123YT]

If you give the government responsibility over anything they ruin it.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

SS comes from a flawed premise, (socialism/communism), and could do nothing but fail over time. "If it was a sound investment, they would not need to put a gun to your head to participate." (Drew Carey) Stolen money is nothing you can count on the thieves to give you back, even with no interest. It has proven to be just more communistic theft and redistribution, (of course to the politicians who enable the theft). The results are in.

[@fredbecker607]

Since I am a federal employee that lives on social security, where is my great retirement plan? We have 3 parts of retirement that we live on. 1. Social security 2. Defined retirement plan 3. Investment into a 401k type plan Combine the 3 and you still have less than when working.

[@davidevans6618]

If I was d-evil 👉 💵 He was right on in that one.

[@lynn0MA]

Never mind that the military budget is so extravagant it dwarfs the social security budget in 1985 - and this has not changed in over 35 years.

[@SandfordSmythe]

This makes no difference to the separate SS program.

[@37rainman]

Deflecting one issue to another does not change the import of the first issue. But you bring up another relevant point; Today cheating, evading, avoiding, Federal taxes costs the US TWICE as much as this megalithic military we have. (And that military spends as much as the whole rest of the world spends on military.) Think about that the next time you are cheating on your taxes. This nation cannot, will not survive if its citizens insist upon being dishonest And, it is not surviving

[@EarthSurferUSA]

And you would think that Military budget would be reduced if we saw the receipts of our elected selling what we produced to our enemies all over the world. Did we give it all away for free,---or were some pockets lined who made the deals with no receipts? In a real free market,---stuff is sold for a profit. But we know who earned it if it is not stolen.

[@richardr9338]

Social Security is NOT an entitlement. Systems depositors are legal wage-earning Americans whom have payed into it since their first paycheck. Under NO circumstance should anyone who hasn't contributed be entitled to these funds!

[@SandfordSmythe]

You may have your own definition. The US Government defines "entitlement" as any payment a person is "entitled" to by law.

[@KCBluesJams]

I don’t think you know how social security works it’s not a individual savings account.

[@KCBluesJams]

I’m sorry but if you are born with a disability you can collect SSI 👍if a parent or both parents die and you are a minor you can collect SSI

[@johnPxIV]

I wish this guy was our President right now. RIP Paul Harvey.

[@Speakdogg01]

Social Security is not perfect, but it serves it purpose; to give people some sort of income when they get old. In reality that money is still not enough to get by, I was once told to invest in 401k and all that to supplement your retirement... Life will always cost money to live...SAD BUT TRUE

[@EarthSurferUSA]

The great socialist idea you depended on turned into poverty causing redistribution. Maybe if I could have kept my money, I could have invested in myself and not fall to poverty in the elderly years. SS helped guarantee that my retirement and my funeral will be the same day. But I enjoy my business and at least I will not grow old board or dependent. I think we are finding out that we trusted a bad baby sitter. So lets reject the baby sitter, and demand our free enterprise back,---because we all could have done better with out the theft and redistribution, (no only SS).

[@richprince1239]

Until recently the social security administration took money from ss retirement and moved it to ss disability, that should have never been allowed

[@SandfordSmythe]

It has happened both ways over the years. The plan is to move the balance of the SSDI Fund over to the SS Fund. It will extend the SS Fund for about 1 year.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

@@SandfordSmythe And is another form of redistribution. Par for the collectivist course.

[@ronaldbuckey8925]

How about the times is talk about congress robing the funds of social security 1967 had to much on the books

[@qqqqqqqqqq7488]

+Ronald Buckey too bad - nobody knows what you are talking about. The truth is we should all be retiring millionaires if it wasn't for the theft.

[@MrDanielWP]

The problem with Harvey's point is that people paid for the social security benefits that they now receive... whether they wanted to or not. The Government, rather than simply putting their money in an IRA-type account and letting it draw interest for the people to live on when they retire, spent their money on wars and other programs and the money they paid has been spent. Now, the taxes their children pay are what pays the retirement they are owed.

[@KCBluesJams]

It’s not a individual savings account. It covers widows and widowers with children and the disabled I have no problem with that I’m sure they’re lots of people that don’t get to collect their own SSI

[@yvettegr]

That father isn't going to live to 95. Most likely he will die about 73. You forget the third of the population that pays into social security but dies before collecting. Social Security has trillions of dollars in it. Enough to pay FULL benefits until 2045. And then 70% benefits forever after that. If you lift the cap (currently someone making $2 million and someone making $110,000 pay the same in Social Security tax) then the program is financially solvent forever. Just lift the cap.

[@jarvisblay9025]

yvettegr , You and I know this definitely.. Paul Harvey prays on those who are to stupid to research and think for themselves !

[@SandfordSmythe]

Why should the more affluent give you welfare?

[@KCBluesJams]

@@SandfordSmythe first it’s not welfare it’s retirement insurance next they got tax breaks they can afford it 🤔

[@SandfordSmythe]

@@KCBluesJams The definition of welfare is having someone pay or contribute to someone's else's financial benefits. There is no reason to punish them because of other tax laws.

[@KCBluesJams]

@@SandfordSmythe you need a dictionary what do you think taxes are ?

[@JEANANN100]

I met Mr. Newwwwzzzz back in 1976 at University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

[@marlborored100s]

Thank you God for such a wonderful and man and please send us another!

[@wisdomseeker606]

Social Security is nothing more than Social Insurance. You pay into it so you can collect in the event that you survive your working years. Depending on the length of your life you could collect less that you contributed to the fund, but also you could collect more if you had a long life. That's why it's an insurance. It helps in your waning years. It's not a handout from goverment since you had money siphoned from your paycheck for a long time and now you get back some of it. Contrary to what you may hear it will never get you rich.

[@danielmeyers5598]

wisdom seeker yep a few re-listens to this guy 40 yrs after i used to hear his broadcasts while my grandparents listened reveals the guy was a flagrant anti-populace guy. Most of his dire warnings/predictions were only half-truths and irrational conclusions...drama and fear mongering, using/abusing his slick storytelling and radio voice. But alas, thats what his hawked superstition of a religion promotes, does it not? yes, he regularly hawked religion and hidden advertisements on his shows too

[@margeryripley5137]

+wisdom seeker however , it is NOT setup with the underwriting that is necessary to keep it solvent. it was started to kick in at age 62 when life expectancy was 55. It has never been kept up with to allow for the Millions who will live well beyond 55. And the inflation rates are not fully funded. That 50+years that we think it is going to last is not based on reality.

[@jarvisblay9025]

American Patriot , Bullshit! You really need to do real research instead of believing this fraud Paul Harvey LMFAO!

[@samuelestrada2297]

wisdom seeker right!

[@bobchannell3553]

I've never heard anyone say it will get you rich.

[@DradicRealm]

I have many Taiwanese friends and they are indeed very good to me, but they understand one thing. I know of a Taiwanese grandma living in LA, and although she had never earned or spent a dime for social security, and had never worked a day in her life in America, she is receiving social security benefits. Needless to say, the one Taiwanese friend that I had in LA is no longer a friend, because I argued how wrong it is to screw the American people. I have been to Taiwan and loved it,.....

[@SandfordSmythe]

SSI?

[@mesomemore97]

I miss you Paul.

[@ACcountryFan]

oh wow...thanks for uploading this! i am 32 but I grew up listening to Paul Harvey by way of my grandfather. my parent's always watched the local CBS news casts and we'd get a visual Paul Harvey commentary such as this daily...I don't know if this is from a local CBS program or not. in response to the other comment labeling Paul a "right-wing hack", Paul never hid his conservative political views, obviously, but he never spewed venom over the airwaves in his political opining as is normal today.

[@xx5zi]

You obviously missed it when Harvey said that SSI recipients would eventually get greedy and expect more. A rich man telling the middle class that he should not trust the poor is pretty venomous.

[@ACcountryFan]

I'll miss him...i was listening to a 1963 broadcast of his when he was 45...think about it...he was 45 in 1963 so this is why in my opinion he actually had credibility when making commentary about how he saw the world since he actually experienced practically everything going back to the depression...being born in 1918 as he was, he was 20 in 1938 so his views mirrored a lot of people of his era, obviously, but in no way can he be confused with an Andy Rooney-type who deliberately riles people.

[@bmr9779]

Warning us 50+ years ago. Look at those same situations now and they are worse.

[@erdingtown]

America is the largest printing press in the world. printing money has no end

[@timmy707707]

Why shouldn't it?

[@poulin]

I remember being in the car with my dad and mom and six kids when he came on the am radio .dad would yell once Paul Harvey and the station wagon would go quiet, we all sat silent ears pointing up heads cocked to stories that would put us all in wonder, waiting for the( now you know the rest of the story 😊)😊good times 😊

[@carolynargabright8132]

He's right, we want it both ways. "Don't touch Social Security", "Our Federal deficit is too high". Social Security was not originally intended to be permanent, but only temporary to help people get on their feet, during the Great Depression.

[@uhadme]

wanting to be able to put a claim on insurance policy is having it both ways? no idea what Supplemental Security Income actually is? YOU pay some big FICA premiums to fund that insurance policy. LOL @ them mishandling your funds and you saying .. no problem.. I don't care if it's a bogus insurance scam.

[@jarvisblay9025]

Carolyn Argabright , I truly believe your days of being delusional has finally arrived....

[@juans6639]

He is ONLY half right because the real thieves (Congress) started robbing the funds to finance wars and other many, many other projects. Look at the other thieves "TOO BIG to FAIL" Corporate Welfare recipients like Wall Street, Central Bankers, Insurance Companies, GM, Chrysler, GE and many more that DO NOT pay taxes. $9,000,000,000,000 TRILLION DOLLARS that are missing from the U.S Treasury and the FED WILL NEVER account or tell Congress where the money is, $6,000,000,000,000 TRILLION DOLLARS spent in Iraq and Afghanistan, $1,300,000,000,000 TRILLION DOLLARS in outstanding Student loans that WILL NEVER back....NO WONDER S.S. IS BROKE!

[@SandfordSmythe]

It was a permanent program for seniors. It is too long ranged.

[@37rainman]

@@juans6639 Sorry, but the stockholder in these corporations are the owners. They do pay taxes. You left out one thing. Each year 1 out of 6 dollars in Federal taxes is not paid thru avoidance, evading, cheating on taxes. That, btw costs the US twice as much as our HUGE military costs each year. Put that in your pipe and smoke it

[@MrOccyc]

I don’t expect social security to be around for Americans that worked and paid into the system in he next 12 years because the money will be spend on people just did not put into the system.

[@TheGrandmaster1]

If I could speak like anyone who ever lived, it would be like him.

[@jarvisblay9025]

Michel Schweinsberg , Talk about being brainwashed LMFAO!

[@lynn0MA]

That’s pathetic!

[@thanosdoomjuggernaut2846]

If I could speak like anyone who ever lived, it would be Jesus.

[@pneulancer]

Prescient words from a great American. Thank you Mr. Harvey for all the joy and common sense wisdom you imparted during your lifetime. RIP sir.

[@MrDanielWP]

That's not a problem with my point. If the government had just forced people to buy an IRA and deposit the same percentage of our earnings in it, you'd have more money in each private account than the average recipient receives in their life time. I know my father would have to live to be 93-95 to "break even" with the unadjusted cost of social security. Add in lost compound interest on a private account (Like an IRA) and it would be insurmountable.

[@lynn0MA]

Very few wage earners in 1985, when Paul Harvey made this speech could afford an IRA. Lets get real here. Low wages for most workers for 30 years has resulted in millions of retirees living on Social Security alone.

[@dougsrailfanvideos1244]

He was constantly wrong about a lot. 38 years later and SS is still solvent. He was wrong about Nixon and wrong about the Vietnam war.

[@jamesslick4790]

David Johnson? Was this from WPXI in Pittsburgh?

[@mrbunghole]

@ProgMetalLover I would say WPXI for certain. I'm a pittsburgher and David Johnson has been on that channel for as long as I can remember. From Wiki: David Johnson (1985-present)

[@1-I-hate_ads]

I remember when they said in the 1980s social security would run out by 2025. I heard this clip and alot of other people saying the samething.

[@bookreadalongwithGramps]

I honestly think a guy like Harvey would have never thought it possible to keep chugging at 32 trillion in the hole. I think we will find out one day how much is too much, Good day!

[@jimryan4056]

Paul Harvey was a prophet.

[@madshrada]

It cracks me up people arugeing over some thing said 25 years ago give me a break.

[@DradicRealm]

...however, as a foreigner, and even if I were to marry a Taiwanese woman and potentially gain residency or citizenship, I would never get any benefits because indeed I would always be a foreigner. There is nothing wrong with legal immigration to this country, so keep that in mind, but there should be no benefits awarded to those who come here without putting anything into the system first, bottom line.

[@SandfordSmythe]

Yup, that's the rule. What's your point?

[@EarthSurferUSA]

They take my money, and my family is from Poland? We won't see the benefits because we came from other nations. We won't see our money because it was stolen and redistributed.

[@ofcourse7357]

The baby boomers have been the best educated generation in this country so far with the highest income and the highest standard of living. The money this generation paid into social security was enough to pay for our parents' generation to receive benefits (along with what they paid into the system themselves) and the remainder should have been invested by congress to generate future income for the large numbers of boomers who are now either retired or retiring soon. The money was not invested, but was used by Congress for projects for which it was never intended. When Bill Clinton paid down the national debt, he then said he would next tackle securing Social Security. The Republicans blew a gasket. Social Security has been mishandled. It's a necessary Federal program, along with Medicare, and without it taxpayers would be paying benefits to many retirees in the form of welfare and Medicaid. I like Paul Harvey, but I heartily disagree with him on this point.

[@kurtteach1556]

If Reagan hadn't changed the Social Security Trust laws in secret, in the middle of the night, his "borrowing" would have been illegal. George HW Bush "borrowed" more, and Dubbya "borrowed" A LOT! I wonder how these self proclaimed conservatives convinced themselves and their supporters that it was okay to extremely liberally dip their all too eager, sticky fingers into bank accounts that legally, monetarily, morally, and ethically belonged to other people. I wonder when, if ever, their party will ever repay one single dime that they stole from the American people. Chances are much greater that Hell will freeze over before that day comes.

[@mikekbrown9418]

What the f*** is wrong with you you make too much sense.

[@SandfordSmythe]

The surplus money was invested in US Bonds which will be cashed out as needed.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Investment by government. Fix that thinking before you continue. Understand who created free enterprise, and you will discover congress had nothing to do with it. How much of what we can create, and have created, are you going to give to those people who don't have the intelligence to make a dime in real, competitive free enterprise?

[@EarthSurferUSA]

@@kurtteach1556 Love your fight of the bloods and the crips. Do you remember what the national debt was when obama took office? Bush jumped it to 5 trillion, obama to nine, (Biggest jump in history for 2 terms), and now it sits at 30 trillion. Keep playing your "go team" games. Have fun,---because you are going to retire in poverty under communism, since they both drag us in that direction.

[@YukoAsho]

Agreed. I don't agree with the man here, but he's a very classy man, a man capable of discussing the issues without venom and hatred. It's also worth noting that the man was conservative in strictly the fiscal sense - his "Open Letter From God" (also on KZbin) shows the man's religious tolerance. He was one of the last classical conservatives. Politics can use more of him today.

[@marksteiner3810]

GOOD DAY!!

[@joenock3466]

fantastic man honest humble, not to mention GO in his commentaries no ne as honest as he was especially our government fbi doj president, no one

[@MrDanielWP]

well said.

[@donnakeeley7924]

I believe that those individuals who have stolen money out of our Social Security fund need to be sentenced to prison or hung as a traitor. Their bank accounts frozen and confiscated. All properties but one if there is a widow, sold with auctioning off of autos, personal properties, stocks and bonds liquidated and all benefits cancelled. All monies and proceeds then should be returned to the Social Security fund. THAT, would be Justice!!!

[@arturopalos2739]

There are a lot of permanent residents that never paid anything to SS and still get retirement checks, explain that.

[@SandfordSmythe]

Spouse? You tell me what else.

[@REBELANGELISM]

Come Listen to the "NIGHT TERRORS"

[@leogetz3570]

Legalized ponzi scheme... that's all social security is. If I could go back in time 35 years and listen to my grandfather, I would've understood that a lot sooner

[@peterdvorak7386]

👍

[@lavoyasearcy5693]

This stuffs Beren going on A long time hasn't it?

[@Critical-Thinker895]

Social Security is self funded. Look it up.

[@julieperkins7077]

I wish we could get them to stop giving all our money to other countries and put it into America I think that's what we're working for I don't like working 40 hours a week so they can give my money to all these other countries especially some that don't like America

[@tony23realtor]

He died in 2009

[@brandonlegomanfreelancecom7570]

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[@derekroe9329]

He was wrong then and he would be wrong today.

[@trashman7822]

Social security was a joke should have never been implemented this long you have to read history to know what I'm talking about.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Read the history? Where do we find history from a perspective of liberty today? Living through the results should have shown us what you are talking about. But we are stupid, and think American life today is as normal as it ever was.

[@MrDanielWP]

The problem with Social Security is that it wasn't done correctly and now we have to deal with it - even though we already paid for it. FDR and his New Deal should be looked at with the same disdain that Bernie Madoff is currently. The many people who got into it at the end get left holding the bag with nothing in it. (Isn't if sad and ironic that a guy that almost made off with all that money is named Madoff?)

[@max0390rip]

Social security is attached to those who are liable for income tax. Most Americans are not liable for income tax. Those who are not liable will argue all day that they are liable, even though they've never read the law lol. Women with young kids especially like income tax because of the big check once a year, lol .

[@Jhraxlin]

God's granted your wish, I'm here!.......... I'm kidding of course, but yeah, Paul Harvey was pretty awesome.

[@clarino2]

Mr. Harvey would have a heart attack if he knew about Federal deficits and national debt in 2022. The US has added an average of more than $1 trillion in debt every year of the 21st century - and the maniacs in Congress won’t stop.

[@xx5zi]

What does that have to do with Social Security?

[@clarino2]

@@xx5zi Absolutely everything. Did you not hear Mr. Harvey say that most Americans at that time thought that taxes were too high? And didn’t you hear Mr. Harvey talk about the deficit? It’s the fact that Americans want entitlements like Social Security but don’t want to pay for it that causes the national debt spirals out of control. Did you hear Mr. Harvey use the phrase “national bankruptcy”? That is where the US has been headed for decades due to massive never ending entitlements like Social Security and now so-called student loan forgiveness. Nothing is free and the rich won’t be paying for it. And so you know, the richest 5% already pay 54% of all tax dollars. The already pay more than their fair share.

[@xx5zi]

@Fritz Schnauzer You don't really know how Social Security benefits are funded, do you? I know Harvey did, but then again, if he told the truth, you'd be a better educated person.

[@clarino2]

@@xx5zi Wow, you’re quite the condescending prick aren’t you? I do know how SS is theoretically funded because I have been paying into it for more than forty years. The problem is that those funds, which were supposed to be set aside, have been long since depleted by what is essentially misappropriation by the Federal government. Combine that with the ever-increasing number of people who receive benefits with not enough people paying in, there is a constant short fall that is paid via borrowing, or paid by redirecting real dollars money away from other activities that are then paid via borrowing. No matter how you slice it, dice it or rationalize it, there’s not enough money in the country to maintain these levels of Federal spending. Our moron leaders from both parties keep kicking this can down the road but eventually there won’t be enough tax revenue to pay interest on the national debt. That’ll be funny. Going to block you now troll.

[@robertpsotka3525]

$ 30,000,000,000,000.00 in debt

[@twh1812]

''They are, all of them, born with raging fanaticism in their hearts, just as the Bretons and the Germans are born with blond hair. I would not be in the least bit surprised if these people would not some day become deadly to the human race.' - Voltaire on Jews .

[@georgebsuh5144]

david Johnson lol.

[@jackoff1826]

Inflation you say?...

[@BigTony2Guns]

Social Security Does Not Add To The Federal Deficit !!!--But Paid for by FICA !!--You and Your Employer SEPARATE TAX !!--I Congress Just Raised Taxes and NOT Took from the SS FUND __NO PROBLEM !!

[@xx5zi]

I'm certain that Paul Harvey was not so stupid as to suggest that Social Security 1) increases the national debt, or 2) that it costs taxpayers a single dime. A much more decent and honest republican, Dwight D. Eisenhower, had a better opinion of SS, and a more accurate one

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Any 5 year old kid would call it the theft it really is, before the kid is conditioned differently in school. How does that make you feel, 5 year old kids having morality that our elected do not have? It does not matter who takes what you earned from you. Theft is theft, and any child knows that. it does not get any more accurate than "theft", and redistribution. Where did the idea of theft from free enterprise and redistribution come from? The philosophies of Individual liberty protected by law, or socialism/communism? Does "theft" sound like Individual liberty to you? Ask a 5 year old kid who earned anything. It is amazing how moral young kids usually are.

[@xx5zi]

@@EarthSurferUSA You're going on about theft, but theft isn't the topic at hand. Any 5 year old kid knows that.

[@robertogil3723]

if they would stop giving money to toher countrys Rich people tell us whats good for us

[@hyroller56]

Perhaps Paul Harvey will die soon.Anyone have any objections to that ??

[@rmazzella5303]

Paul Harvey died in 2009!

[@erikthorsen240]

@@rmazzella5303 Does he know?

[@judybohl7789]

He didn't understand that much of SS. The money taken out of your check doesn't go with the rest, only to SS. Now tell me, do the rich pay ANY MONIES to SS, and if not, WHY do they receive any when they retire and don't need it??

[@jarvisblay9025]

Judy Bohl , totally agree with you

[@SandfordSmythe]

All wage earner get SS deducted.

[@jerryklooster438]

I loved listening to his distinctive voice, but he was really kind of a con man who mixed folksy humor with capitalist ideology and libertarian talking points. Maybe the original "Lonesome Rhodes".

[@johnnyfarout]

when i woke up this morning jesus told me i was the next paul harvey. i believe him.

[@lesrobinson544]

Wrong mr Harvey social security has nothing to do with the budget. Ronald Reagan made that clear

[@judybohl7789]

And btw; a lot of people went hysterical over the baby boom after the war because of SS. Could this be the real reason for hysterical pro-lifers?

[@ofcourse7357]

No.

[@glenknapke6771]

E e e ecology

[@Gaspipenicklioni]

Ss is bankrupt, they spent it all, dept over 30 trillion now.

[@Hume2012]

Not much analysis in this alarmist "critique" even taking into account the time.

[@3ddan24]

God Bless you Paul Harvey

[@fredbecker607]

Social security always was and is a p9nzi scheme. Current retirees are paid from currently working people. It was also setup so that most people would die before they hit the retirement age. As more people live longer, that changes the amount paid out each year. The answer was and still is privatization of the system. Money that i invest makes an average of 10% return over any ten year period. Money that was taken from me and my employer, makes about 1% return. For years, Galveston county in texas the county employees could stay out of social security and invest in their own retirement plan. They could have a higher takehome pay after retirement just by doing that.

[@scruples671]

Where did you come up with that ponzi idea? Privatization...

[@leogetz3570]

Do you understand what a ponzi scheme is? Using new investors to payoff older investors. That's exactly what social security does. The social security taxes coming out of your check pay the current retirees, it doesn't go into an account in your name@@scruples671

[@donaldsmith3048]

this is Bull

[@erikthorsen240]

It is not. It's horseshit.

[@mrdraper4633]

I'd rather keep my money, invest it in what I wish, and watch my money grow, rather than shrink by the time I need it