Social Security was 12.6% of the total US 2020 budget. Retirement planning should be a responsability of the individual. The market may ebb and flow, but a properly built portfolio will weather all storms. Philanthropic endevors could help those who are not able to help themselves.
The Government takes 12% of our money to fund Social Security. If we the people took that same amount of money and invested it in Stocks, Bonds, Real Estate, Private Companies, or our own dream we would have are more than the Social Security Checks that are issued.
With proper planning, and allocating 10% of your income to a retirement fund, all US citizens would be able support themselves financially through retirement. The Government taking +12% of our money to give us a sub par retirement (or return) via Social Security. Social Security is robbery to disciplined, educated people. Retirement planning needs to a core compentency for middle school and high school children. Every graduating senior should have a retirement account and plan.
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Some people many fail to plan. Some may have built portfolios with bad assets and lost their nest egg. These individuals should be supported by family, friends, church and other charatable organizations; not the federal, state, or local government. Investment Insurance companies could be amother solution. With more capital available to the free market, more innovation will happen, and the quality of life for all of us will increase.
The transition period will be the hardest part for the country. It will take a generation to completly eliminate social security. People over the age of 14 should be allowed to opt out of social security. Children under the age of 14 should be be told early on that they will not have Social Security and trained to invest early on in life.
Here is a blanket question that can be applied to all of my views. Is it restrictive or liberating? If it's restrictive or burdensome, I'm most likley against it. Is it freeing or liberating, allowing a person the freedom to choose? I'm probably for it. There are only a few areas I think government could (possibly) be helpful: Defending our Freedom, and providing low interest capital for research, infrastructure projects, and education.
If we continue to allow public fourms like Facebook, Twitter, and Google to censor information, we will lose the ability to think critically.
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The right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. Gun legslation that is in direct conflict with the Second Amendment needs to be nullified immediatly.
Save Lives
Legalize & Educate. I may not agree with your choice, but I will defend your freedom to choose. Through education, we can win the war on drugs and save precious lives.
Legalize it
Education, should be, the proud cornerstone of this country. Ultimately, competition in education will provide us with the smartest and most prosperous nation.
Get Smart
Clean, stable, energy production - sustainable fishing and farming and making sure our childrens children live on a diverse thriving planet should be the primary focus of environmental policy.
Save the Planet
We need to mind our own business, unless there is a threat to the US, or when an ally needs support and can show the citizens of that country financially support the request for help.
Help Those in Need
The Free Market, limited government intervention, transarent pricing, increased competition and Health Savings Accounts are the building blocks our health care system desperately needs.
Free, Healthcare
Infrastructure is an investment in our Nation. Cutting the "Red Tape" around infrastructure will accelerate innovation, increasing the standard of living while lowering the overall cost.
Build Bigger
Individuals may not always make inteligent decisions. But, to limit or outright prohibit individuals from investing or spending their hard earned dollars where they see fit is un-constutional.
Free our Finances
No harm, no crime is a good rule of thumb. We incarcerate too many people for doing something illegal like possessing a plant. It's time for a reform of the judicial system.
Get Real
Restrictive Legislation needs to support the views of the vast majority not a simple majority. My proposed "Live Free or Die Act" will help solve the partisan legislation issues we suffer from.
Live Free or Die
A country without national defense depends on other nations to keep it safe. It is in the best interest of this country, and the world, for America, the land of the free, keep maintain worlds strongest military.
Ensure Freedom
Government funding has proven to expidite innovation. In the 60's we invested 10% of our budget, in 2019 it was 2.8%. Together we need to agree on percent and allocation is best for our future.
Go Further
Education and Planning... We need to help younger people establish retirement funds early in life, and help the poor later in life through charity and philanthropy; not federal handouts.
Live Better
Government bonds can be used in appropriate ways. Deficit spending is a detriment to our nation. We need to control government spending and work agressivly to reduce the national debt.
Keep More
Welfare has been the single largest contributor to the oppression of Americans. In 2020 welfare programs were the largest part of the federal budget coming in at 24.2% of total spending.
Keep MorePart of the plan to reduce government spending is to increase philanthropy. We need to show the world we are ready to put our money hard-earned money and invaluable time towards causes we truly believe in. Only with a charitable heart will we be able to reduce our dependence on the government.
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Instead of dinner out this week, how about investing in your future and the future of your family for generations. We can only make the changes we seek if we are activly pursuing them. Donating to get help a fiscally conservative, freedom loving, "you do you", candidate elected is one way you can help.
That's not a knock on sushi... you get the point. Instead of spending money on frivolous things like an electric massager for your dog, or that self winding yoyo. Spend your hard earned money to help elect someone who is trying to keep more of it in your pocket.
Donate NowAmerica does not need to be destroyed and re-created from scratch. What we need is to go back to the basics where life liberty pursuit of happiness are the focus; where government is small, taxes are low, and freedom to innovate and create are high. We need to put the power back in the hands of the people and take it from the federal government.
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