Comments on: Social Security Will Be Around When You Retire… If You Want It To Be. http://www.thechicagobridge.org/why-social-security-will-be-around-when-you-retire%e2%80%a6-if-you-want-it-to-be/ emerging professionals in the field of aging Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:40:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kristen http://www.thechicagobridge.org/why-social-security-will-be-around-when-you-retire%e2%80%a6-if-you-want-it-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-561 Kristen Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:22:02 +0000 http://www.thechicagobridge.org/?p=1066#comment-561 Great article find, Joe! Thank you for sharing. It has been very interesting to hear people talk about the "crisis" of the Social Security Program. When in reality there is no crisis, in any sense of the word! Sometimes half the battle is education, and this article helps do just that. If we want our country to strengthen and preserve the Social Security Program, we must continue advocacy and education efforts. Health & Medicine (www.hmprg.org), plans on doing just that. -Kristen Great article find, Joe! Thank you for sharing. It has been very interesting to hear people talk about the “crisis” of the Social Security Program. When in reality there is no crisis, in any sense of the word! Sometimes half the battle is education, and this article helps do just that. If we want our country to strengthen and preserve the Social Security Program, we must continue advocacy and education efforts. Health & Medicine (www.hmprg.org), plans on doing just that.

-Kristen

]]> By: Joe Ferguson http://www.thechicagobridge.org/why-social-security-will-be-around-when-you-retire%e2%80%a6-if-you-want-it-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Joe Ferguson Sat, 07 Aug 2010 04:23:32 +0000 http://www.thechicagobridge.org/?p=1066#comment-533 Just out today, a great article that supports your position Kristen. The myth of the Social Security system's financial shortfall http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20100808,0,1359956.column "That brings us back to this supposed $41-billion "shortfall," which exists only if you decide not to count interest due of about $118 billion." Joe ferguson Just out today, a great article that supports your position Kristen. The myth of the Social Security system’s financial shortfall http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20100808,0,1359956.column
“That brings us back to this supposed $41-billion “shortfall,” which exists only if you decide not to count interest due of about $118 billion.”
Joe ferguson

]]> By: Kristen Pavle http://www.thechicagobridge.org/why-social-security-will-be-around-when-you-retire%e2%80%a6-if-you-want-it-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Kristen Pavle Thu, 15 Jul 2010 13:53:30 +0000 http://www.thechicagobridge.org/?p=1066#comment-457 Thank you for the comment, Jordan. Interesting point about how Social Security benefits in retirement may be extra money for vacation for some, but for others it's the difference between economic security and poverty. I think sometimes it's hard to younger generations to think about their own retirement and don't realize what Social Security will mean to them in the future. I am one of those "younger people" and sometimes it's hard for me. But I know through the work I do just how important Social Security is for the economic security of Americans. And hope to share this knowledge with others..... -Kristen Thank you for the comment, Jordan. Interesting point about how Social Security benefits in retirement may be extra money for vacation for some, but for others it’s the difference between economic security and poverty.

I think sometimes it’s hard to younger generations to think about their own retirement and don’t realize what Social Security will mean to them in the future. I am one of those “younger people” and sometimes it’s hard for me. But I know through the work I do just how important Social Security is for the economic security of Americans. And hope to share this knowledge with others…..
-Kristen

]]> By: Jordan Kenik http://www.thechicagobridge.org/why-social-security-will-be-around-when-you-retire%e2%80%a6-if-you-want-it-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Jordan Kenik Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:26:46 +0000 http://www.thechicagobridge.org/?p=1066#comment-444 Kristen is absolutely right. Even though the income it provides is not sufficient to live on, many older Americans rely on Social Security as their sole source of income. What would happen to this population if Social Security disappeared? It is important to note that only modest changes to the program would be necessary to ensure its existence for many years. It is these changes that we as young people must support; I for one do not want to contribute to a program from which I will never receive any benefits. If we give up on Social Security, we might miss out on $15,000 a year or more after we retire. If we're lucky, we can look at that as a couple of extra tropical vacations every year until the end of our lives. And if we're not so lucky, we might need to use every penny to keep food on our tables. Either way, I want this program, at the very least, to outlive me. Kristen is absolutely right. Even though the income it provides is not sufficient to live on, many older Americans rely on Social Security as their sole source of income. What would happen to this population if Social Security disappeared? It is important to note that only modest changes to the program would be necessary to ensure its existence for many years. It is these changes that we as young people must support; I for one do not want to contribute to a program from which I will never receive any benefits. If we give up on Social Security, we might miss out on $15,000 a year or more after we retire. If we’re lucky, we can look at that as a couple of extra tropical vacations every year until the end of our lives. And if we’re not so lucky, we might need to use every penny to keep food on our tables. Either way, I want this program, at the very least, to outlive me.

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