It pretty much did...
Look, I'm not actually disagreeing with you. I'm concerned about my own son's future as well as my own (I'm only 32). I think that the pain of reforming SS has to be spread around to all of us.
Nobody alive today had anything to do with this mess, but we're the ones around that have to clean it up. We can either make some harsh decisions, or we can sit around farting rainbows all day hoping it fixes itself.
I know where you are coming from.
I say kill S.S. now. The government should not be in the reitrement business, and it’s been used as a huge cash cow for anything and everything.
By the way, your son is not going to pay for whatever money I get from S.S., if I get anything at all. If he’s still in diapers, then in 20 years or so when he has a career, I’ll most likely be dead. More than likely he’ll be paying for your retirement.