[misterrob]

Because seniors continue to demand more and more services that they never paid for. The average ammount of money each individual pays into the system doesn’t cover the tab. And if you read the article you will see that general tax revenues are supposed to make up shortfalls.

[Sacajaweau]

The dirty secret is that the system was set up so that you would never recoup what you put into the system.

Imagine buying government bonds instead...I'd be in damn good shape right now....

[TomGuy]

Because seniors continue to demand more and more services that they never paid for.

Based on what theory?

You pay for auto insurance. You expect it to pay if/when you need it.

Those 'freeloading' seniors have been paying into SS (it originally was Social Security Insurance) and Medicare for DECADES.

And those 'freeloading' seniors helped provide YOU with the country that has one of the highest standards of living in the history of the planet.

If anything, YOU own those 'freeloading' seniors a huge debt of gratitude (and some tax dollars -- lol).

[lonestar]

You 2 remind me of the joke--

A young man sitting next to a senior citizen starts ridiculing the elderly ..."You old guys didn't have anything anything growing up...no TV, no computers, no VCR's, no cell phones..."

The old guy said, "You're right! That's why we invented them."