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Yes, and I imagine in the not too distant future it will be down to 2 workers for every retired one and so on. Our government (us) will have to make some hard decisions about what to cut to afford this (or raise taxes). It is one government outlay that looks to grow big time in the future. Much like military spending in time of war. If need be we will have to draw the money from somewhere else, or raise taxes.
We will elect those polititians that make the decisions that most of us want. And like a lot of European countries we will continue down a path toward socialism. If that's what the majority want, and I imagine they probably will. I thought I read where some European countries are concerned about their low birth rate and their ability to fund their social programs with so many retired. Maybe we will be in the same boat soon.
Eventually though in a democracy like ours we will vote for those who will take care of us. Therefore I think other things will go first before social security.
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