But isn’t thay the reality now? Even though it wasn’t meant that way, it has been changed over the years. I’m genuinely curious. I’m not saying it should be that way, just that my understanding of how it works was that you can’t expect to get your deductions back.
It’s not a matter of getting back what you put in, but to be able to not worry about supporting your basic needs in the last part of life. That many have paid into the system their entire working life and it isn’t enough without some extra supplement suggests it’s not working well enough.
But isn’t thay the reality now? Even though it wasn’t meant that way, it has been changed over the years. I’m genuinely curious. I’m not saying it should be that way, just that my understanding of how it works was that you can’t expect to get your deductions back.
It’s not a matter of getting back what you put in, but to be able to not worry about supporting your basic needs in the last part of life. That many have paid into the system their entire working life and it isn’t enough without some extra supplement suggests it’s not working well enough.