It is sad that so many look at S.S. as a retirement check. If we had to depend on S.S. and nothing else, we could never retire! With pension plans and a little careful investments we may be able to meet the rising cost of medical care when we toddle into retirement, maybe at 85. That is, if we are healthy, don't need drugs (legal kind
).
When you look at your paycheck and what the government takes out to put into that "locked box" to quote Al Gore, and then estimate how much if any you will get, it does make you a little sick and very angry.