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Thank you for an excellent article that is as pertinent to America as to Great Britain. What he outlines herein is why I continue to state that I will not see a penny of Social Security, after putting into it for over 30 years.

At 51 years of age, I will work another 10-15 years before retiring and asking for Social Security. The next 10-15 years worth of Social Security/SSI outlay will see the program thoroughly bankrupted with extreme pressure on the people contributing to it.

Social Security will become a welfare program for those senior citizens who were smart enough to waste all of their money partying and living lavish over a lifetime, while the idiot seniors who scimped and saved and built up a nest egg, are punished for doing so.

Great article until the author goes brain dead at the end with this idea:

“An equally effective alternative would be to give mothers an extra vote for every child under voting age”

Right, lets give all of the welfare queens like Octomom, and all the illegal aliens with 8 anchor babies a huge amount of disproportionate political power so they can vote even more largesse from the public treasure.

Brilliant facking idea. Bloody brilliant.

At 51 years of age, I will work another 10-15 years before retiring and asking for Social Security.

I reckon you must be fortunate because you either : A) Own a thriving business; or B) Have an employer that's stable and profitable and value your experience enough to let you work till your mid 60's.

A lot of companies practice AGEISM. When times get tough, the ones who usually are let go first are the older employees ( they think of them more as a cost ). And even during good times, companies also want to maximize profit by (you guess it ) RESTRUCTURING. Most common casualties --- OLDER WORKERS ( those above 50 ).

Let's say you get laid off at age 58 or 59 and you're trying to look for another job .... Good luck finding a company willing to hire you at that age (yes, even when you're willing to lower salary expectations ). I've encountered too many people with these stories to be optimistic.

To make a long story short --- Nowadays, even if you want to work till your mid 60's, it is increasingly getting harder to do so BECAUSE of the way business is conducted in these United States. We don't live in stable times anymore.