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Originally posted by turbo6bar
I'm not sure why people are hung up on this Social Security. The average monthly check is $895 for single individuals and $1483 for couples. That's less than piss in a bucket. Why would anyone want to pay money into a system that gives you such a paltry sum?
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Because for a large part of working Americans, that is all they are ever going to get for a retirement. It's easy to talk about funding 401k's and IRA's when you make $100K a year. Not quite so easy to do when you have a combined income of $40K a year and a couple of kids.