Evidently, more than twice as many Generation X people (of which I am very, very tail-end) believe in UFO's than that they will receive Social Security Benefits.
I find that both interesting and altogether reasonable.
The UFO comparison comes about because the poll is a very general one, gauging all sorts of preferences, thoughts, and opinions.
Social Security may well be around, but the pay-to-benefit ratio is bad and will get worse, because nobody has the political will to touch it in any percieved-as-bad way.
It's the same problem as the Big 3 car companies have had with unfunded liabilities in pensions and retiree health benefits... but with the power to tax workers (and imprison "strikers") behind it.
So our son Ansel just got his Social Security card a few days ago. Any guesses on what his odds are of getting any benefits when he retires?
ReplyDeleteInteresting. I too wonder about whether Social Security will be there for me when I'm older....
ReplyDeleteUFO's? What kind of comparison is that?
The UFO comparison comes about because the poll is a very general one, gauging all sorts of preferences, thoughts, and opinions.
ReplyDeleteSocial Security may well be around, but the pay-to-benefit ratio is bad and will get worse, because nobody has the political will to touch it in any percieved-as-bad way.
It's the same problem as the Big 3 car companies have had with unfunded liabilities in pensions and retiree health benefits... but with the power to tax workers (and imprison "strikers") behind it.