Comment by Jim Campbell, Citizen Journalist and Patriot.  The
headline above is true with the exception that it has been
called such for many years.  How cool, the government uses the
IRS to extort money out of us to put it into a Ponzi scheme and
calls it a federal benefit.   This could be a possible
explanation for why Obama has so many Social Security cards and
numbers.  Social Security is now called “Benefit”   This isn’t a
benefit – its earned income!  It totaled 15% of our income
before taxes. If you averaged $30Kper year over your working
life, that’s close to $180,000 invested in Social Security.
Complete article below:        And call it what it is: Our
Earned Retirement Income.  About these ads     1. Everytime I
hear about this I cringe…it is all I have! I don’t abuse
medicare…and try to avoid unnecessary tests just to put more
change in the doctor’s bank accts. and actually when I was
working and wanted to figure out what my paycheck would read…I
multiplied my income due by 18% and was rarely ove