Welfare: Realistic, wishful thinking, or cover-up – which are you?

[Bernie]

I'm glad you categorized Social Security Old Age Benefits as "gray". Re-evaluation of these benefits is way overdue for long-term stay-at-home spouses (who do not contribute to the program, and the working spouses don't contribute extra). Each person's Social Security Old Age Benefits should be based solely on his or her own contribution record. Change could and should be phased in. I should go into more detail about the current policy, but have taken up enough space. However, cannot resist entering that, according to the (US) Department Of Labor, 73% of US women who have children between the ages of eight and 16 are employed. Their Social Security contributions, along with the contributions of other workers, are financing what are really welfare payments for housespouses who chose to be unemployed for 40-45 years.