Dec08Mommy asked:


Research question: Social Security payments, as small as they are, clearly are not enough to live on. However, are most seniors (65+) collecting more each month than what they contributed to Social Security during their career? I tend to think this may be the case with inflation and the fact that not many women worked outside the home in the 50′s and 60′s
yet most are eligible for Social Security at age 65.

The most clear, well thought out and fact based answer = 10 points. Thanks
Dogbett..Thank you for clearing this up for me. I am 36 with a family and feel like the seniors in my community are angry with young families and aren’t interested in paying taxes for education. I am trying to understand their problems. I feel like a lot of seniors have the mentally of I got mine and don’t want to contribute outside of their own agenda; This makes it very difficult for young families – They b*tch b*tch about SS etc and dont seem to care about the future. I think it’s much harder on young families now than it was back in the day. Not ALL seniors are like this so i don’t mean to offend or label a whole group. However, MANY in my community are

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