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In reply to the discussion: If the Social Security fund was invested in the stock market...? [View all]cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)77. Never Trust Someone Whose Paycheck Relies On Your Money
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If it had been invested in 1940s, we'd all be retired and able to withstand a 20% cut. But
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#2
Except that if Wall Street gets their hands on SS there will be significant fees...
Human101948
Jan 2016
#10
I would not want SS in the stock market. But if I knew someone who could turn my $200 in savings
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#14
If they ever understand it. You won't get many people alive today who will work for bartered
Hoyt
Jan 2016
#26
the "market" here is "US Treasury Bonds" and as long as those are "marketable"
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2016
#60
The selective, ideologically driven ignorance is truly perplexing, at times. n/t
ronnie624
Jan 2016
#62
I asked that question in 2008 if Social Security had been privatized as Bush* wanted
Samantha
Jan 2016
#30
I want them collateralized with CDOs, 400 trillion $$$ of that sloshing around in the markets.
bemildred
Jan 2016
#33
I would have a problem investing my SS money into companies that outsource American
B Calm
Jan 2016
#48
if social security (and disability) were invested in the stock market, I would have a
hollysmom
Jan 2016
#51