LOL, I was wondering when you greed-filled types would come out of the woodwork. I am close to your age, so yes, I must sacrifice too, if I don’t want my kids to be economic slaves to the greed of my generation and earlier generations. My plan is simply that Social Security gets treated as a welfare program, since it is CLEARLY not a pension. If you qualify (meaning you’re poor), you get payments. I realize that many who will get payments did not ‘contribute’. But NO ONE contributed - that is a lie. They paid what amounted to an income tax surcharge...since the money was simply spent at the time. There is no LOCK BOX. In my case, I likely will get little or nothing if (or really when) the program gets changed...nor am I entitled to anything, since it is NOT MY MONEY to begin with.
So what do I do? Give up on the second home in Florida, no Winnebego, and maybe live in a condo, rather than stay in my 4 bedroom house when I retire. Maybe even, heaven forbid, ask my kids for help, as had been done for the other 4950 years of recorded history.
How are you willing to sacrifice - by taking my kids’ and (future grand kids) earnings through government gunpoint? Not very nice.
And by the way, EVERYONE benefited from Interstates. It was easily the best investment this country made...they more than paid for themselves MANY times over in increased GNP and increased tax revenue. Same with Hoover Dam, and they paid for themselves QUICKLY. Nice try, but the example doesn’t work. Maybe mention public housing instead. LOL.