“The reality is that the workforce relative to the number of people retired has shrunk and today in America there are only 3.3 working Americans paying payroll taxes to support each individual currently retired and collecting Social Security taxes.” PeopleRealityTodayAmericaIndividualSocialNumbersSupportSecurityTaxesRelativeSocial SecurityRetiredCollectingWorkforcePayrollPayroll Tax Author:John Shadegg
“Indeed, I think most Americans now know that in 1935 when Social Security was created, there were some 42 Americans working for every American collecting retirement benefits.” ThinkingKnowsSocialSecurityBenefitsUsaRetirementSocial SecurityCollectingSocial Service Author:John Shadegg
“Germany, I think, was first to substitute a Social Security program for its elderly based on this premise, that is, that we would tax workers to pay retirement benefits for those retired.” ThinkingFirstsSocialPaySecurityTaxesBenefitsProgramWorkersGermanySubstitutesRetirementSocial SecurityRetiredElderlyPremises Author:John Shadegg
“As I think all Americans understand on both sides of the aisle, the Social Security system as it is structured today is a pay-as-you-go system.” ThinkingTodaySocialSidesPaySecurityBoth SidesSocial SecurityAisleSecurity Systems Author:John Shadegg
“These smugglers, many of them present in trafficking through my State of Arizona, create false Social Security cards, false green cards, visas and a variety of other fraudulent documents as an essential part of their smuggling activities.” StatesSocialSecurityActivityEssentialsGreenCardsVarietyDocumentsSocial SecurityArizonaVisaTraffickingSmugglingSmugglersGreen Card Author:John Shadegg