Originally Posted by Jefferson

1. Absolutely! That's a good share of what happened to the USSR. Also, I'm not saying that that CANNOT be happening in America right now.

2. I think that we baby-boomers are going to have to deal with the fact that the "coming" retirement age is no longer going to be 65. 70 is more likely - and necessary. Years ago, when the retirement age was set at 65, very few men lived to be 65 - and certainly not much more than that. Now we consider a person YOUNG if they're not at least 80 when they die. People are not living MUCH longer, and our Social Security System was never set up to handle that.

Originally Posted by chrisg967

1. The US carrying too much debt scares me more than any potential terrorist plot against us, for it means we crumble from within.

2. I agree that Social Security was not intended for such long lifespans, so it stands to reason that we need to adjust the retirement age, among other things as yet to be determined.