So my Dad works since he was 15, pays taxes faithfully that entire time. Now he's 65, lost his job, punished for having to retire "early" at 65 by getting less social security.

Further punished by having no choice but be enrolled in Medicare, which comes right out of pocket, after forgoing healthcare his entire life (dude pulled his own teeth, literally, multiple times) because insurance and care were both unaffordable.

Medicare doesn't even cover glasses.

So then he signs up for social security. Isn't going to make enough to live off of and he's never made a ton in his life. Even his meager pay, that he barely got by on, isn't matched by social security after paying into it for 50 years.

But these people deserve BOTH? Go to hell!