Social Security wasn’t ever meant to be enough; it was mean to be something minimal.
People like to claim this but no one ever attempts to prove it because it’s right wing bullshit. It’s one of the reason used to justify the reduced value of the payouts against inflation.
silence7@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
Look at what the payments were in say, 1950 — about 10% of the average yearly wage. That’s not a retirement; that’s a little bit to keep you going.