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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 4899640" data-attributes="member: 22662">No.&nbsp; I look at it like this.You go to work and start saving for retirement (Social Security).&nbsp; You set it up in an account and dutifully pay into it week after week, year after year.&nbsp; Along the way you buy a big house, a badass pickup truck, a winter home in Florida.&nbsp; Life is good!But then, there are other things. Thing paid on credit cards, health issues, a divorce and a hotter younger wife…you know, the REALLY good things.&nbsp; Problem is, you can’t really afford them.And when you end up in bankruptcy court and the judge starts looking at your retirement account, you have the audacity to yell, “But that’s for my retirement!”In actuality, both Social Security/Medicare&nbsp; and the ACA are federal laws that mandate taxation with a designated use for that taxation.&nbsp; Claiming one to be legitimate and the other somehow fraudulent is factually wrong.&nbsp; Painting one as noble and the other as nefarious is a matter of partisan theater.&nbsp; It all boils down to a simple fact. We want what we want and we don’t want to pay for it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 4899640, member: 22662"] No. I look at it like this. You go to work and start saving for retirement (Social Security). You set it up in an account and dutifully pay into it week after week, year after year. Along the way you buy a big house, a badass pickup truck, a winter home in Florida. Life is good! But then, there are other things. Thing paid on credit cards, health issues, a divorce and a hotter younger wife…you know, the REALLY good things. Problem is, you can’t really afford them. And when you end up in bankruptcy court and the judge starts looking at your retirement account, you have the audacity to yell, “But that’s for my retirement!” In actuality, both Social Security/Medicare and the ACA are federal laws that mandate taxation with a designated use for that taxation. Claiming one to be legitimate and the other somehow fraudulent is factually wrong. Painting one as noble and the other as nefarious is a matter of partisan theater. It all boils down to a simple fact. We want what we want and we don’t want to pay for it. [/QUOTE]

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