How old are you, and do you expect to receive social security benefits?

[Ferguson97]

How old are you, and do you expect to receive social security benefits?

I am 26, and no I do not.

[Trans Rights Are Human Rights]

Turned 23 today. Even if it's still a thing by the time I'm of age, I'll probably die before I'm eligible.

[SnowLabrador]

24 and no.

[dead0man]

51 and yes

I hope they fix it in the next decade or at least give us another pandemic that kills a bunch of Boomers again.  The last one helped, but those Chinese scientists they paid need to turn the death nob up on the elderly for the next one.



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[lfromnj]

21 to 29 and I don’t plan on expecting it but I think it probably still happens at a very delayed age or at reduced amounts .

[jaichind]

Even after the SS trust fund goes negative in the mid 2030s I figure they can still pay 70% to 80% of benefits for a fairly long period after that which is the most likely scenario given the fairly difficult fiscal situation the USA will be in by the 2030s. 

[°Leprechaun]

I bought a new car in April 2023 to replace my 2000 car.
I am working full time and using all my SS payments to pay for it.

SS has helped me, but it is quite a tragedy that younger people can no longer rely on it. The retirement age for me was 66 and two months and this age is going up.
When you think about how much you pay in SS and all other taxes, it is disgraceful how hard it is for people to retire these days.

[Blue3]

35 and yes.

Fears of it collapsing:
Fears of it being bankrupt are exaggerated (it was supposed to go insolvent years again... that didn't happen due to some tweaks... and there are some other tweaks that will keep it going... and there's a chance that one of the larger reform plans will pass and be able to not only inject a lot of money at little cost but also even expand it).

The politics of it:
Fears of it being politically repealed are exaggerated... they must be fought, tooth and nail, but that will happen, so the repealers/privatizers won't win. Seniors are the most committed voters, and the Boomers are so large and now the seniors. Even with privatization, there's much more fear there after the 2008 financial collapse. The new generations are more willing to expand the social safety net (and if we ever get UBI, I'd bet it will be through an expansion of Social Security). And yet another political argument... DC is increasingly polarized, stuck in gridlock, which favors the status quo. That's bad for most progressive priorities, which have more popular support. But it also locks-in existing progressive law, see how even Trump couldn't undo Obamacare right after his election... and social security is much more visible and treasured. It just would never get through Congress, even with a GOP trifecta. I think we are safe from the Supreme Court ruling it unconstitutional too. Lastly on the political side, the deficit hawks have lost. Republicans misread the Tea Party or pivoted away from their fiscal conservatism very clearly, with Trump.


So yes, we need to take seriously any rising politicians with plans to repeal/cut/privatize it, and not rest on our laurels. But... don't have anxiety over it. It will be there. Unless the country/world collapses, but then there would be many other things to think about.

Also, I encourage all U.S. citizen adults who have at least 1-2 years of work experience (in which they paid taxes) to create a Social Security account on their government website. I can see right now what my monthly SS check would be if I became disabled, as well as what my retirement projection is looking like. I log in every year or two to see, now that I've passed the 10 year mark of working since college graduation it's looking pretty good.