[Straight Vermonter]

You can't be serious, can you? How is a smaller generation of workers supposed to support a larger generation of retirees who are living longer and longer?

In 1950 there were 18 workers to every retiree. Today there are 3 workers to every retiree. This does not even take into account the huge added burden of the "drugs for the wealthy" program.

When it gets to 1:1 I guess we could all have an old codger standing behind us with a whip to make us work harder.

[SF Republican]

no - I'm joking; Look this SS system has been around for about 75 years. To be honest, it works now and in some form or other it will work in the future. My parents get about $450 a month from SS; my contribution alone pays for that, not including my 3 siblings and what they are paying in. My point is stop complaining because you have to pay SS, we all have and will have to in the future.