[steve86]

Sooner or later, there will no longer BE money to support the welfare program handouts as fewer and fewer people pay taxes.

That's old-style thinking. They borrow and print to fund programs now. All governments do. True, the cycle has to end at some point but it hasn't yet.

[KYGrandma]

Yep, I became one of them. I started my social security, and am not working much if at all. Husband will work for another 18 months, part-time, then will retire again and draw ss. What is going to happen when all of us baby boomers drop out of the work force? Who is left to support us?(sarcasm)