Reply #172: Means Testing Will Mean the Eventual Demise of Social Security [View All]

[LarryNM]

It will turn into a them vs us welfare program. The amount of paperwork required to "prove" that you are eligible will be overwhelmingly burdensome. All kinds of records on tax payments, insurance policies, bank statements, income, even burial plots, ad infinitum ad nauseam with constant "reviews". The policy changes, interpretations and lawsuits will be endless, as will the political nightmare. Red states or their reps will make sure that conditions for eligibility will be onerous. Don't believe it? Just ask anyone who has ever worked in or had to deal with or been a recipient/client/beneficiary/or whatever the term de jure of such programs.