3 Statistics About Social Security That Are Frightening

[JoeTheEconomist]

Social Security is a lost cause, less people are putting less in, more people are taking more out. How can that be a good thing? Why not move on to bigger and better things?

Social Security is a complex issue that cannot be summarize it in 20 words or less. The reason to pay attention is because millions of people actually depend upon it.

 

[JoeTheEconomist]

Social Security is a lost cause, less people are putting less in, more people are taking more out. How can that be a good thing? Why not move on to bigger and better things?

. Did the corruption/fall out in the economy also contribute to the debacle over the years, and if so why wasn't it insulated from the economic bubbles or corruption if had anything to do with it ?

The economy changes the size and timing of the crisis. It does not cause or prevent it. FDR's original design did insulate the program from economic turns as well as politics. Unfortunately FDR did not hold onto the fight. He has other issues to contend with at the time.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Wrong. Just stop war spending and transfer those trillions to SS.

Do you plan to turn the keys to the White House over to China or Russia before you stop that spending or after?

The US gov spends more on military than all other nations combined. We could stop now for several years and no nation could contest us. Fuck the US gov and their love of killing and destroying, all for the Oligarchy.

War is a racket...and it is always about the health of the state.

So, how much money are you willing to pay for all of the military, civilian employees, and defense contractors unemployment and health insurance that you will be putting out of business?

Do you know why we keep producing tanks, aircraft and submarines sometimes when it appears we don't need them? It protects the skills of those people so that when we DO need them, they will be available.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

The US gov spends more on military than all other nations combined. We could stop now for several years and no nation could contest us. Fuck the US gov and their love of killing and destroying, all for the Oligarchy.

You're more than a few fries short of a Happy Meal.

China has us by the short and curlies if we do not greatly increase our ability to kill and destroy things. Petulant former President Barack Hussein Obama slowed and halted our development of new weapons.

Thanks to former President Bill Clinton, China now has ICBM's that can destroy satellites and strike anywhere in the world with pinpoint accuracy. They are producing new energy plants and submarines at an alarming rate. They have a submarine port inside of a mountain which can only be entered underwater so we never know how many are in port at any point in time.

Thanks to former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, the Chinese control the seaports at both ends of the greatly enlarged Panama Canal. China also controls the Long Beach Port. They are currently investing Billions in the Carribean.

"From 2003 until 2012, China’s investment in the Caribbean has grown to $500 million. During his June 2013 visit to Trinidad and Tobago, China’s President Xi Jinping announced $3 billion in soft loans and investments, as well as a grant of Rm 500 (or $8 billion to the region). Most of the investments are meant for the construction of highways, ports and hospitals. While small compared with China’s presence in Latin America and Africa, it represents a substantial investment in contrast to the erosion of the US’s position in the region."
China Comes to the Caribbean

Yeah I am crazy for finding American wars and constant military interventions the world over, fucked up.

Long live the Empire!!!

Your bumper sticker logic shows the depth of your thinking.

 

[gipper]

Wrong. Just stop war spending and transfer those trillions to SS.

Do you plan to turn the keys to the White House over to China or Russia before you stop that spending or after?

The US gov spends more on military than all other nations combined. We could stop now for several years and no nation could contest us. Fuck the US gov and their love of killing and destroying, all for the Oligarchy.

War is a racket...and it is always about the health of the state.

So, how much money are you willing to pay for all of the military, civilian employees, and defense contractors unemployment and health insurance that you will be putting out of business?

Do you know why we keep producing tanks, aircraft and submarines sometimes when it appears we don't need them? It protects the skills of those people so that when we DO need them, they will be available.

Yes...now that is a good reason for it all. We must keep it going or all those people will be out of work.

Kill and destroy so people have jobs.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Wrong. Just stop war spending and transfer those trillions to SS.

Do you plan to turn the keys to the White House over to China or Russia before you stop that spending or after?

The US gov spends more on military than all other nations combined. We could stop now for several years and no nation could contest us. Fuck the US gov and their love of killing and destroying, all for the Oligarchy.

War is a racket...and it is always about the health of the state.

So, how much money are you willing to pay for all of the military, civilian employees, and defense contractors unemployment and health insurance that you will be putting out of business?

Do you know why we keep producing tanks, aircraft and submarines sometimes when it appears we don't need them? It protects the skills of those people so that when we DO need them, they will be available.

Yes...now that is a good reason for it all. We must keep it going or all those people will be out of work.

Kill and destroy so people have jobs.

We do not kill nor destroy so people have jobs, We pay for the ability to do that when necessary.

I spent 12 years in the Navy and never killed a soul, boy I came close many times!

 

[Markle]

The US gov spends more on military than all other nations combined. We could stop now for several years and no nation could contest us. Fuck the US gov and their love of killing and destroying, all for the Oligarchy.

You're more than a few fries short of a Happy Meal.

China has us by the short and curlies if we do not greatly increase our ability to kill and destroy things. Petulant former President sBarack Hussein Obama slowed and halted our development of new weapons.

Thanks to former President Bill Clinton, China now has ICBM's that can destroy satellites and strike anywhere in the world with pinpoint accuracy. They are producing new energy plants and submarines at an alarming rate. They have a submarine port inside of a mountain which can only be entered underwater so we never know how many are in port at any point in time.

Thanks to former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, the Chinese control the seaports at both ends of the greatly enlarged Panama Canal. China also controls the Long Beach Port. They are currently investing Billions in the Carribean.

"From 2003 until 2012, China’s investment in the Caribbean has grown to $500 million. During his June 2013 visit to Trinidad and Tobago, China’s President Xi Jinping announced $3 billion in soft loans and investments, as well as a grant of Rm 500 (or $8 billion to the region). Most of the investments are meant for the construction of highways, ports and hospitals. While small compared with China’s presence in Latin America and Africa, it represents a substantial investment in contrast to the erosion of the US’s position in the region."
China Comes to the Caribbean

Yeah I am crazy for finding American wars and constant military interventions the world over, fucked up.

Long live the Empire!!!

Specifically, who do you suggest fill the vacuum?

 

[beagle9]

Wrong. Just stop war spending and transfer those trillions to SS.

Do you plan to turn the keys to the White House over to China or Russia before you stop that spending or after?

The US gov spends more on military than all other nations combined. We could stop now for several years and no nation could contest us. Fuck the US gov and their love of killing and destroying, all for the Oligarchy.

War is a racket...and it is always about the health of the state.

Indeed cut the military. But first, end social security.

. End social security ? After I paid into it for 50 years now ? Are you flippin kiddin me ? I better get something out of it I tell ya that much.

 

[Norman]

Wrong. Just stop war spending and transfer those trillions to SS.

Do you plan to turn the keys to the White House over to China or Russia before you stop that spending or after?

The US gov spends more on military than all other nations combined. We could stop now for several years and no nation could contest us. Fuck the US gov and their love of killing and destroying, all for the Oligarchy.

War is a racket...and it is always about the health of the state.

So, how much money are you willing to pay for all of the military, civilian employees, and defense contractors unemployment and health insurance that you will be putting out of business?

Do you know why we keep producing tanks, aircraft and submarines sometimes when it appears we don't need them? It protects the skills of those people so that when we DO need them, they will be available.

The military costs 600 B a year. You really think there is no pork in that?

Money from your wallet goes out, and bodies in bags come in. Not a good deal.

A good deal would be to cut the military and also the most evil program in history, social security.

 

[gipper]

The US gov spends more on military than all other nations combined. We could stop now for several years and no nation could contest us. Fuck the US gov and their love of killing and destroying, all for the Oligarchy.

You're more than a few fries short of a Happy Meal.

China has us by the short and curlies if we do not greatly increase our ability to kill and destroy things. Petulant former President sBarack Hussein Obama slowed and halted our development of new weapons.

Thanks to former President Bill Clinton, China now has ICBM's that can destroy satellites and strike anywhere in the world with pinpoint accuracy. They are producing new energy plants and submarines at an alarming rate. They have a submarine port inside of a mountain which can only be entered underwater so we never know how many are in port at any point in time.

Thanks to former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, the Chinese control the seaports at both ends of the greatly enlarged Panama Canal. China also controls the Long Beach Port. They are currently investing Billions in the Carribean.

"From 2003 until 2012, China’s investment in the Caribbean has grown to $500 million. During his June 2013 visit to Trinidad and Tobago, China’s President Xi Jinping announced $3 billion in soft loans and investments, as well as a grant of Rm 500 (or $8 billion to the region). Most of the investments are meant for the construction of highways, ports and hospitals. While small compared with China’s presence in Latin America and Africa, it represents a substantial investment in contrast to the erosion of the US’s position in the region."
China Comes to the Caribbean

Yeah I am crazy for finding American wars and constant military interventions the world over, fucked up.

Long live the Empire!!!

Specifically, who do you suggest fill the vacuum?

Don't care.

Constant war abroad means tyranny at home. Always has and always will. We are seeing it being repeated before our very eyes.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Wrong. Just stop war spending and transfer those trillions to SS.

Do you plan to turn the keys to the White House over to China or Russia before you stop that spending or after?

The US gov spends more on military than all other nations combined. We could stop now for several years and no nation could contest us. Fuck the US gov and their love of killing and destroying, all for the Oligarchy.

War is a racket...and it is always about the health of the state.

So, how much money are you willing to pay for all of the military, civilian employees, and defense contractors unemployment and health insurance that you will be putting out of business?

Do you know why we keep producing tanks, aircraft and submarines sometimes when it appears we don't need them? It protects the skills of those people so that when we DO need them, they will be available.

The military costs 600 B a year. You really think there is no pork in that?

Money from your wallet goes out, and bodies in bags come in. Not a good deal.

A good deal would be to cut the military and also the most evil program in history, social security.

Pork? Of course there is, but you don't cut out the pork by slaughtering every animal you have..

Where do you think we need to cut? Our ships are falling apart, our aircraft are getting parts from museums, and our units are being deployed around the world at a fever pitch.

Ad to the body bags, I find that comment extremely disrespectful considering I am the son of a veteran, a veteran myself, and the father of two veterans.

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Wrong. Just stop war spending and transfer those trillions to SS.

Do you plan to turn the keys to the White House over to China or Russia before you stop that spending or after?

The US gov spends more on military than all other nations combined. We could stop now for several years and no nation could contest us. Fuck the US gov and their love of killing and destroying, all for the Oligarchy.

War is a racket...and it is always about the health of the state.

So, how much money are you willing to pay for all of the military, civilian employees, and defense contractors unemployment and health insurance that you will be putting out of business?

Do you know why we keep producing tanks, aircraft and submarines sometimes when it appears we don't need them? It protects the skills of those people so that when we DO need them, they will be available.

Yes...now that is a good reason for it all. We must keep it going or all those people will be out of work.

Kill and destroy so people have jobs.

I don't know where you get off thinking our military just randomly kills people. It is offensive and you should know better.

The next time a war starts and you wonder why it takes years to build a submarine and you are told that there aren't enough qualified welders to do the pressure hull, maybe you will understand. They were all laid off and now work as greeters at Walmart in flyover country. Even the money isn't good enough to make them uproot their families again and move back to CT or VA.

When we brought the battleships out of mothballs before the Gulf War, we had to go out and recruit older veterans and retirees to run the damn things. We have pilots flying aircraft now that their grandfathers flew, and in the case of the B-52, it is probably great grandfathers.

You are obviously smarter than the rest of us, so what do you propose we do about those problems?

 

[KissMy]

Wrong. Just stop war spending and transfer those trillions to SS.

Do you plan to turn the keys to the White House over to China or Russia before you stop that spending or after?

The US gov spends more on military than all other nations combined. We could stop now for several years and no nation could contest us. Fuck the US gov and their love of killing and destroying, all for the Oligarchy.

War is a racket...and it is always about the health of the state.

Indeed cut the military. But first, end social security.

. End social security ? After I paid into it for 50 years now ? Are you flippin kiddin me ? I better get something out of it I tell ya that much.

Exactly! We have been forced to pay & many have died without collecting a dime. I'll be close to 70 years old by the time I start seeing any benefits. Shit will hit the fan if they don't pay! .

 

[deanrd]

Typically, we hear a lot of drama and get a lot of hand-wringing over the possibility of benefit cuts 16 years in the future. Comically enough most of the articles are talking about a fairly benign impact.

Here are three stats to worry about :

The Social Security Shortfall Is Growing Three Times Faster Than the US Economy.

In other words, the hole in the program’s finances is growing at three times the rate of our ability to fill it.

People Turning 70 Today expect to Be Alive When Benefits are Reduced

The problem of Social Security hasn't been about those 40 and younger in decades. Here is the SSA's life expectancy calcuator : Calculators: Life Expectancy

In 2016, The Program Lost More Money Than It Collected

We could have reduced benefits to zero for the entire year of 2016, and the program would have finished the year in worse shape than it started. "Loss" here is looking at the $ value of promises that we believe will go unfulfilled.

If you want the details, here is my article, but the stats are pretty simple.

No Way Around Sorry Shape Social Security Is In

Oh Gawd. Newsmax.

social security runs out of money in - Google Search

Based on the Social Security Administration's 2015 report, the trust is on track to be depleted in 2034, at which point the system will be able to pay 79% of benefits from ongoing tax revenue. That projection is expected to shrink to 73% by 2089.Mar 21, 2016

I'm at the tail end of the baby boomers. And I'm going to live until 2089?

I'll be a stunning 136.

 

[KissMy]

Repubtards stole the SS surplus for tax cuts without paying the dividends they should have earned. That money should have been invested into markets instead of tax cuts.

 

[hazlnut]

Typically, we hear a lot of drama and get a lot of hand-wringing over the possibility of benefit cuts 16 years in the future. Comically enough most of the articles are talking about a fairly benign impact.

Here are three stats to worry about :

The Social Security Shortfall Is Growing Three Times Faster Than the US Economy.

In other words, the hole in the program’s finances is growing at three times the rate of our ability to fill it.

People Turning 70 Today expect to Be Alive When Benefits are Reduced

The problem of Social Security hasn't been about those 40 and younger in decades. Here is the SSA's life expectancy calcuator : Calculators: Life Expectancy

In 2016, The Program Lost More Money Than It Collected

We could have reduced benefits to zero for the entire year of 2016, and the program would have finished the year in worse shape than it started. "Loss" here is looking at the $ value of promises that we believe will go unfulfilled.

If you want the details, here is my article, but the stats are pretty simple.

No Way Around Sorry Shape Social Security Is In

Baby boomers won't die off fast enough...

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Repubtards stole the SS surplus for tax cuts without paying the dividends they should have earned. That money should have been invested into markets instead of tax cuts.

Repubtards stole the SS surplus

Just where do you think the SS surplus gets stored?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Repubtards stole the SS surplus for tax cuts without paying the dividends they should have earned. That money should have been invested into markets instead of tax cuts.

So now you want the government using tax dollars to pick winners and losers in the stock market? What an idiot!

 

[JoeTheEconomist]

Typically, we hear a lot of drama and get a lot of hand-wringing over the possibility of benefit cuts 16 years in the future. Comically enough most of the articles are talking about a fairly benign impact.

Here are three stats to worry about :

The Social Security Shortfall Is Growing Three Times Faster Than the US Economy.

In other words, the hole in the program’s finances is growing at three times the rate of our ability to fill it.

People Turning 70 Today expect to Be Alive When Benefits are Reduced

The problem of Social Security hasn't been about those 40 and younger in decades. Here is the SSA's life expectancy calcuator : Calculators: Life Expectancy

In 2016, The Program Lost More Money Than It Collected

We could have reduced benefits to zero for the entire year of 2016, and the program would have finished the year in worse shape than it started. "Loss" here is looking at the $ value of promises that we believe will go unfulfilled.

If you want the details, here is my article, but the stats are pretty simple.

No Way Around Sorry Shape Social Security Is In

Oh Gawd. Newsmax.

social security runs out of money in - Google Search

Based on the Social Security Administration's 2015 report, the trust is on track to be depleted in 2034, at which point the system will be able to pay 79% of benefits from ongoing tax revenue. That projection is expected to shrink to 73% by 2089.Mar 21, 2016

I'm at the tail end of the baby boomers. And I'm going to live until 2089?

I'll be a stunning 136.

Google isn't telling you that the 2015 report is basically 2 trillion dollars out of date. That is problematic for you because the people that you expect to pay your benefits will live to 2089, and believe it or not they may not like the possibility of you getting benefits at the expense of them not getting them.

The problem with thinking only about yourself is that other people may not reach your conclusion.

 

[JoeTheEconomist]

Repubtards stole the SS surplus for tax cuts without paying the dividends they should have earned. That money should have been invested into markets instead of tax cuts.

Repubtards stole the SS surplus

Just where do you think the SS surplus gets stored?

Todd,

You give the quote too much credit. There is no evidence that the money in SS has been stolen. There hasn't been anything to 'steal' in more than 7 years. Of the surplus you think was stolen, most of it is interest on past borrowing, ie it is the residue of what you think was stolen. There is so little excess cash in SS if the government took every penny of excess cash it would not pay for the subsidies that went to the system. The idea that the money was stolen is close to silly.