The retirement system was once considered too politically hot to touch. But as we draw nearer to 2015, when payments from the system exceed income, and to 2037, when the program's reserves will be exhausted, the debate over the future of Social Security is intensifying. Confidence in the system is weak. Voters in the Times Poll split evenly when asked whether the Social Security system will have enough money when they retire. But that's only because those 55 and older say, by nearly a 4-1 margin, that they'll be able to collect their benefits.
Younger voters have the opposite response.
Only one-fourth of those under 35 and less than a majority of baby boomers believe their Social Security benefits will be there when they retire. He has had a heart attack and a medical procedure to clear his arteries. If anything happens to Social Security, it's going to impact us in a big way. Centrist voters are grappling with the proposed solutions. Bush says the anticipated Social Security shortfall can be avoided by allowing workers to invest part of their payroll taxes in private accounts.