Yes, we can.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I would love to opt out. However, since the social security and taxes go into the general funds (always had to laugh at the Al Gore "lock box" comments), there isn't much of a chance of me getting any out of what is supposedly mine that I paid into the system. Everyone knows it can't continue on its current course,,,,the population is living to older ages and there aren't enough payers in to the system to support those taking money out.

I have ZERO confidence that I will EVER see a dime of socail security money that I've paid in. Not many Americans under 40 do.

And yeah, McCain is a crappy candidate. I completely agree.

I feel for you- I really do. I was not a Kerry fan- and his many missteps caused me great pain during the past election.

I know SS won't be there for me as well. I've always known it. I may not be very good at math, but it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the Boomers are going to wipe it out. They're a huge demographic, and they didn't have enough kids to pay into the system. I'm either the last year of the Boomer generation, or the first year of Gen X, depending on your sources. I've never identified with the Boomers- I think you had to have been a teen sometime during the Sixties to really be a Boomer, and I was not. I have a certain degree of resentment toward that group- they've run the world for quite a while now, and have swung every which way in the political and socio-economic spectrum, and frankly I'm tired of them holding all the cards. I do believe it's time for a change, a generational change, and I think my candidate is truly the man for the job. I hope he gets it.