The part I bolded and underlined is totally incorrect! If that were actually true SS wouldn't be the total mess it is today. The TRUTH is that SS payments began to be made almost from the day of inception. If grandma had had to wait until her money had earned enough money to fund her payments the story would be VASTLY different!
That is such a bucket of unadulterated bunk.
The SS is a mess because the Federal government mismanaged the trust, not because Grandma stopped paying into it.
In fact, no one can stop paying into the SS system, it is a Federally mandated exemption, so arguing that WE should somehow not expect the benefits promised by the government in exchange for the monies forcibly taken from our pay
for any reason is BS.
What we should demand is that they clean house, shut down the rampant fraud and abuse, and deliver on the promise of the forced deductions.
BTW...
Are you returning your SS checks or cashing them?