wingnuts will usually say “if i had all the money i paid into social security i’d be rich now”

of course if you ask them how much they’ve actually paid into ss they usually say - indignantly at that! - “i don’t know!!!!”

after all, why should a person be expected to have any facts to back up their assertions???

i mean to come up with an actual calculation of what you could reasonably expect to have earned from your lifetime social security contributions if you had them and had invested them in the course of a 50 year working life, vs. expected ss benefits at the top rate * 20 years of about 840k

here is some raw material:

social security tax rates, historical

actual rates of return on s&p 500 since 1926