well i am certainly not counting on it for MY retirement, i think people should fund their own retirement. any self respecting conservative feels that way, irrespective of their birth year, don't you think?
Agreed. In fact, SS is not part of my financial planning at all. If it is still there when I retire, I'll give my monthly checks to my church (unless it gets all liberal on me, then I'll just give it to Catholic Charities or some good works group like that). Yes, that issue crosses generations, BUT - the conversation IS irrelevant to a WWII gen member, so generation DOES matter.
Definitely! It's just common sense. Which is why I'm still hoping a movement to grandfather out SS will soon take root.