[wtc911]

We could fund a lot more and devote more time to family (though a lot of geezers only give lip service to "family values") if the geezers weren't using 15% of our paychecks as spending money.

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By 'geezer' I assume you mean Greatest Generation folks since even the dimmest bulb here can do the math and knoes that no boomers are taking SS payments yet.

[tortoise]

By 'geezer' I assume you mean Greatest Generation folks since even the dimmest bulb here can do the math and knoes that no boomers are taking SS payments yet.

By 'geezer', I mean anyone old enough that they expect to collect Social Security. If you are under 40, you will never see more than a fraction of the Social Security taxes taken. Older folks will get theirs and much more. Even the dimmest bulb can do the math.