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To: rochester_veteran

***antibiotics was huge! Before them, the average life expectancy in the US was 35 to 40. With them, it’s close to 80. ****

And THAT is why the Social Security System is going broke. We were supposed to pay in all our lives, and die before needing it.

7 posted on 10/23/2017 7:43:24 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (When someone tries to burn you out, the best firehose is an AK-47.)

To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Yup, the reason 65 was picked as the SS retirement age was because in 1934 the average U.S. life expectancy was 64.

9 posted on 10/23/2017 8:08:41 AM PDT by AustinBill (consequence is what makes our choices real)

To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

And THAT is why the Social Security System is going broke. We were supposed to pay in all our lives, and die before needing it.

Yup, that and also the baby boomers, which I am one of...

12 posted on 10/23/2017 9:00:01 AM PDT by rochester_veteran (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)

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