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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5813077" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>How do people netting $300 a week in 1991 or 2001 save?&nbsp; Their SS and Medicare taxes are so small they won&#039;t make a difference.&nbsp; And now half the country are wage slaves.&nbsp; There are ways out but a lot of people don&#039;t want to go into the military or drive trucks on the road for weeks.&nbsp; I look back on my own earnings.&nbsp; I certainly did better than fast food but I wanted to travel.&nbsp; I wanted dogs.&nbsp; Not everyone is cut out to sacrifice what they want now.&nbsp; SS won&#039;t make them well off.&nbsp; But it will allow older people to live with some measure of dignity.&nbsp; Show me a person who doesn&#039;t know SS won&#039;t be enough and I&#039;ll show you a very ignorant person.&nbsp; My mom gets about $13k from SS.&nbsp; She also gets food stamps and assistance from my dad and myself.&nbsp; She gets by.&nbsp; It&#039;s a false narrative that everyone can retire with enough to live comfortably in the U.S.&nbsp; The majority won&#039;t.&nbsp; But that&#039;s life.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5813077, member: 24302"] How do people netting $300 a week in 1991 or 2001 save? Their SS and Medicare taxes are so small they won't make a difference. And now half the country are wage slaves. There are ways out but a lot of people don't want to go into the military or drive trucks on the road for weeks. I look back on my own earnings. I certainly did better than fast food but I wanted to travel. I wanted dogs. Not everyone is cut out to sacrifice what they want now. SS won't make them well off. But it will allow older people to live with some measure of dignity. Show me a person who doesn't know SS won't be enough and I'll show you a very ignorant person. My mom gets about $13k from SS. She also gets food stamps and assistance from my dad and myself. She gets by. It's a false narrative that everyone can retire with enough to live comfortably in the U.S. The majority won't. But that's life. [/QUOTE]

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