Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou View Post
Having less kids puts a higher burden on them when they become taxpayers supporting us. All the current workers are paying for current retirees, under the assumption that it'll be our turn on the top of the pyramid once we retire. However, the fund is forecast to be completely bankrupt well before my retirement age. I've been paying in for my entire working life and, as it stands, am likely to receive no benefit. Sounds like a ponzi scheme.

Yeah, I had that backwards somehow. I was thinking about someone how someone in the last thread mentioned that the baby boomers retiring was putting a strain on it. If there was a bump in babies that dissipated it would help the system out it seems.

Although life expectancy will probably increase as well, especially with the drop in smoking.

But the forecast is a "if the current system doesn't change" forecast, yeah?