Stopped by Papa Murphy's pizza tonight after work to pick up a treat for the kids.   Surprise, an grossly overweight person in front of me paid for it by electronic balance transfer (EBT).  She got 10 family size pizzas.  Is this America's future?  Glad I saved to be able to buy 1 pizza.

SS traps to avoid?   Believing/planning it will be there for you in 20 years.   Too low of median wages, workforce participation rates, and record disability claims will make sure of it.   And then, there are the IOU's and illegal immigrant talks.  Just another 6.2% tax for us less than 50.

#11.   Fear our corrupt government.   Social Security/Medicare/caid IOU's

Learn from History.   Go back to the original food stamps with commodity type foods.   There is a great need, just make it simple.

I believe that Congress is starting to figure out that the benefits being provided by the government are better than some payroll jobs.   They created this mess and we are paying for it.

Back to original trading.

More division, debt, and poor political leadership (for decades).   Next, we'll hear from our wonderful government that the act of retiring is an entitlement and the age will be 74 to start, with lower SS, and 80 for full SS.  Private sector only, of course.

Don't blame me.   I've contributed the maximum forced from me by law the during past decade.  Not enough? Than raise the limit.  Pretty simple, really.   And look at what you have available to you if you are disabled!

Well,   I do know that my employer and myself have built my own SS contributions.