LonelyPoet

Seriously though, that's not so funny when I'm 54 and reading things like this.  I've worked - and paid into the the system - for my entire life.  Never taken a dime from it.  Never even had to collect unemployment benefits, fortunately.  Now I get to get in line with others (like the VA refugees) trying to collect on promised benefits after I retire.  Not that it is totally unexpected of course.  Our "leaders" in government never met a pile of money that they could keep their hands off of, and SS and Medicare were a couple of the biggest.  Still, "I told you so" isn't going to put food on the table or pay the doctor bills when (if?) I retire.