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Hell no! Who cares! Let him have it!
Debate Score:8
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Total Votes:8
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Should McCain accept Social Security Payments (of $2,000 a month) even though he's rich?

"the system is broken" - McCain in 2007

Hell no!

Side Score: 5
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Who cares! Let him have it!

Side Score: 3
4 points

Social Security is a busted system, taking in less than it pays out.

So why should a rich politician accept nearly $2,000 a month in socal security payments? He acknowledges the system is nearly boken, yet he contributes to its demise by drawing money and not doing anything to fix the problem.

McCain should not accept his social security payments and instead live off the hundreds of millions that his wife makes every single year.

Side: Hell no!
3 points

Point 1: Considering how he has paid into the system his entire life and suffers from multiple disabilities due to his service to the country I think he is more than entitled to his Social Security.

Point 2: Whether he collects or does not collect his SS payment will make 0.0 difference to the future survival of the SS program.

Side: Who cares! Let him have it!
Cdelvalle(196) Disputed
1 point

Point 1: He is certainly entitled to it, he did pay in. But, considering how much he is talking about how the system is broken, why should he contribute, even if it is a $24k a year contribution to debt? He's rich, he doesn't need the money, nor is he retired. My point is that social security lost its entire purpose years ago. McCain is proof and point.

Point 2: Of course it would. $24k a year (three to four taxpayers pay for his SS checks), $240k after ten years in deficits that have to be repaid (plus interest). Will he be responsible for the downfall of SS? of course not. But it's people like him that add considerably to the problem SS faces.

It's not a matter of whether he's entitled to it or not. It's a matter of whether it's responsible to tell your constituency one thing and do another. He talks about fiscal discpline and reforming SS.

But there he is, taking those checks willingly even though he doesn't need too.

It's just greed, really.

Side: Hell no!