Retirees Increasingly Depending on Social Security

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Good advice. But the best advice I can give you folks, is to have a 2nd income source to supplement your retirement. Just listen to the message here at 503 389 2140, you too can have cash flow for life. Just call 503 389 2140. I'm over 65 and having a blast, getting paid daily over my cell phone from this program. Make the call folks, for yourself and your family, your be happy you did.

Judy of NV 2:22PM October 29, 2011

@Christine Guyader: No need to worry yet. SS is fully funded for the next 25 years, and partially funded after that if they don't implement some fixes to refund it. Your (and my) biggest worry is if a republican wins the next presidential election. All the candidates want to abolish SS and turn it over to private holdings which would invest it in Wall St. We know how that would work out....note the recession of 2008. No way, no how, do I want my money put into the hands of anyone but the federal government. I am also 56. So please vote Democrat if you want to preserve our social security system.

jhargis of TX 7:38PM September 16, 2011

EF Crook of Az, I am a black man who has worked all my life, I have not lied nor inbread to get a Soc. Sec. check. Check your facts on the biggest users of Soc. Sec. I will have a pension and 401K funds that will allow me not to use Soc. Sec. unless I want to. Mr. Crook check yourself, you really sound like BIGOT. I do believe in working for your needs and wants. Additionally, I believe in caring for, supporting, and guiding your children. Two sons matter of fact, and both are productive citizens with no children out of wedlock. They understood if you have a baby, it was their responsilbilty and not mine. Mr. Crook, when lump all in one, lump all in that boat, white, black, hispanic, etc. Because you have some from all races that are looking to get a easy payday.

H. Dean of TX 3:22PM September 12, 2011

am 56 yrs. am very worried about S.S. being bankrupt before I reach the appropriate age. Should I be?

christine Guyader of NY 11:20AM September 12, 2011

what about the many of us with custody of grand children how are they considered in our retirement

dan toney of FL 6:05AM September 12, 2011

I saw a long time ago that the democrats was giving america a way to the blacks in the form of every thing they need being free, and have never voted democrat again and they are still doing it,the crazy checks had less then 35 the first year now we arepaying 50000 for in breeding and lying toget them, thats where the hard working mans money goes ,BILL cosby ,and MorganFreeman tells itlike it is. ilove thoes guys

ef crook of AR 3:07PM September 07, 2011

Where can you work until you are 75? Not to mention that many people that live to 75 have health issues.

Micki of IL 12:32PM September 07, 2011

@bruce b
I'm paying into the same system knowing full well I will see less back from it than your generation, and after working longer, and I'll also be exptected to cover more of my retirement and medical needs from my own savings (meaning my standard of living is going down on multiple fronts).
Why don't YOU work until you're 75, for less in SS, instead of dipping into my pocket? The current fiscal nightmare this country is in was A) utterly predictable and B) far more your making than mine (unless you were ever advocating for higher taxes to cover the cost of the government you elected and benefited from).
The boomers are all too happy to take what they can now knowing that those behind them will get far less, satisfying themselves that "it will get better", if they even care at all. There's no way it's going to be better in the global economy we're facing and with a crushing federal debt hanging over our head, which will mean lower wages and higher taxes for decades to come.
So once again, thanks for kicking the can down the road.

smartacus of CA 6:37PM August 31, 2011

smartacus on your point,and the possibility of a raise in the retirement age along with raising the pay roll tax caps, and some form of means testing for benefits for very high income earners,are ideas worth consideration.
as a senior ,like many others, social security is a major part of mine( others )income.when you,and some others,try to portray that your giving people on s.s. a hand out,this a bogus notion.people of my age also worked and payed in so that people of my parents age group could have a retirement.
the situation will improve when there are more people working and paying into the system.

bruce b of NV 5:45PM August 31, 2011

@bruce b,
Way to prove your own ignorance.
Yes, people pay into SS during their working lives but they draw more out than they paid given today's lifespans. That's why you need an ever growing base of workers to pay in to support the entitlements of the current retirees.
And the comment about working until we're 75 is right in line with the "solutions" that are being considered in DC to "save" SS after the boomers are done taking out more than we'll ever see.
Care to try again?

smartacus of CA 3:15PM August 31, 2011