Generation Xers and Gen-Yers like myself have a hard time showing interest in what goes on in with retirement and Social Security. But we better open our eyes soon or we'll spend the rest of our lives paying for it. The people of the generation that came before us, the Baby Boomers, are trying to pull a scam under the discise of "protecting" Social Security. If they succeed, we and our children will be the poorer for it. This year and like so many years before, hundreds of billions of dollars will be put into Social Security from FICA and payroll taxes, and only some will go back out as benefits to retirees. The rest will be exchanged for government bonds, which the federal government will pay back with interest to Social Security in
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