Reply #105: i have no investments to rely on. i have social security...

[dysfunctional press]

and my monthly SS check deposit is around 12% less than it should be, because one of my early employers never paid in the fica money they deducted from my check every week...and now that the company is long gone and bankrupt, i have no recourse for either getting the money, or getting 'credit' for having paid it into the system- i just get to live with lower checks.

"In either case, some of your money is coming from work done by recent graduates of our education system, and if you live another year or two, some will come from students graduating right now..."

i actually hope to live another 25 years or so...or maybe more...:shrug:
but- my benefit amount is not dependent upon the amount of wages workers are making- it is based on how much I made while I was working.