> Save your own money. If Social Security exists by the time I retire, great. I'm planning as if it won't.
I would guess that most people my age (between 35-45) got told some variant of this in their business and economics classes in university. At least, I hope they did.
Looking at Social Security budgets for about 20-30 minutes and what politicians have proposed to do to fix it is enough to make most reasonably-minded people understand that expecting anything more than token amounts of money from the program is idiotic.
I would guess that most people my age (between 35-45) got told some variant of this in their business and economics classes in university. At least, I hope they did.
Looking at Social Security budgets for about 20-30 minutes and what politicians have proposed to do to fix it is enough to make most reasonably-minded people understand that expecting anything more than token amounts of money from the program is idiotic.