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Originally Posted by Parkview_Pirate
However, we know it's marketed as a ploy to provide a safety net for elders, with the understanding that paying into the system provides one to become eligible for benefits at some point. Therefore, it does have a pension like "feel" to it, especially for those who do not have another pension or retirement funds to rely on.
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From thefreedictionary.com:
ploy (plɔɪ)
n
1. a manoeuvre or tactic in a game, conversation, etc; stratagem; gambit
2. any business, job, hobby, etc, with which one is occupied: angling is his latest ploy.
3. chiefly Brit a frolic, escapade, or practical joke
How stupid does one have to to be to believe that Social Security benefits one receives in old age is not really a benefit at all but is some kind of ploy that needs to be marketed?
Everybody knows somebody who relies on their SS checks to get by. Period.
