Posted on 02/15/2005 12:36:22 PM PST by Rakkasan1
When talking about Social Security reform, we need to make two points extremely clear: No one is going to end Social Security or reduce or take away any benefits you have earned over the years. And discussing other options is healthy for our country. Our Social Security system, in its current form, was designed for another era. It cannot meet the needs of today's demographics and it cannot support the benefits it has promised for tomorrow. A program that 50 years ago relied on 16 workers for each beneficiary now relies on three workers. And in less than 30 years Social Security will rely on only two workers for each retiree. More retirees will collect benefits and more retirees will collect benefits for a longer period of time as life spans increase. Therefore, an even larger financial burden will be placed on future generations.
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It seems no one likes or uses actual bumper stickers anymore.
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