Start shrugging.
I will now be found at the beach, instead of in the ER.
Mama did not raise a fool, and my Great Grandfather was the last Serf in our family.
Saw this coming a few years ago. I shrugged, and retired early.
Taxes went down. Stopped paying payroll taxes. Expenses went down. Net after tax income is actually higher than before, even factoring in inflation.
I'm eligible for early Social Security, under the current rules, mid 2012. My bride comes up in 2014. Assuming (a really big assumption) that the rules don't change or, worse yet, become means tested, we'll shrug again.
My sympathies to the under 50 crowd. Commander Zero has handed you the bill. My wife and I are tired of paying for this crap, and we're outta here.