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by mrgordon 3123 days ago
short term = small benefit for most medium term = benefits expire, national debt is huge, "we have to cut social security and medicare that you paid into all these years"

This calculator is deceptive as it shows the initial change which is everyone gets a little bit of money and rich people get huge gobs of money. After a few years it all changes and we have to make huge cutbacks since "we" were so fiscally irresponsible.