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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4008222" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>And the party I voted for was against big government but they've been participating in it for some time now.  It's not my fault or any other worker's fault that the government effed up Social Security.  We did our part and it's the social compact between generations that you do your part too.  And generations after yours.  My biggest concern right now is getting our house paid off to rent it out.  Because  there's a very real possibility that SS will be reduced or even eliminated in my lifetime.  People here sneer about living overseas all the time but for retirees with limited income, and there are countless millions of us, it's one of the very few options we have.  And I'm not waiting until SS collapses to make sure we have enough to survive.</p></blockquote><p></p>