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No matter how many zeros you put down as an "obligation," it doesn't change the reality that there will likely only be enough money to pay out a small fraction of that. And when that happens? When the retirement age goes up and the benefits come down? You can either fire up your motorized wheelchair and drive at 1.5mph to Washington to protest, or you can enjoy the comfortable life YOU've built for YOURSELF.
So don't wring your hands and say, "what will the country do?" Instead wring your hands and remind yourself that you'd better get prepared, assuming that you never get one dime of SS or Medicare.
The money you pay into SS and Medicare is just tax for the government to spend. Looking at it any other way is naive.
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