You mean life?

I think SS payouts out to double bwahahahaha.

That's how SS works you do no pay in to SS and get that money back when you retire, the money you pay in goes to today's pensioners when you're retired your pension will be paid by the guys working at that time. With the population in most industrialized countries getting older the amount of workers per retiree gets smaller and this will lead either smaller pensions or/and higher retirement age, you could also get a healthier population pyramid by increasing immigration or having more kids. While the people yelling about SS being insolvent should be ignored you should expect your pensions to be worse then your parents(assuming you're not close to retiring atm).

You uphold this principle by giving land back to Native Americans, I assume?

Or raise taxes. Which is how SS will get fixed in the long run anyway.

inb4 the native americans mixed their labour with the land insufficiently

I stole what now?

Life expectancy at 65 was still only about 68 in the 30s, its closer to 84 now. Life expectancy at birth in the US is still skewed by very high infant mortality (a statistical/reporting anomaly when trying to compare with other countries) and also by a high accidental death/murder rate.

Increasing retirement age isnt even necessary. Just eliminate the increases for delayed retirement and retirement age issues will take care of themselves as the trend to work till later ages continues. Also eliminate the double dipping where a spouse can collect benefits while the worker remains employed and still earns those delayed retirement increases.

Theft by receiving.

Just raise the damned limit on income that is subject to SS taxes and be done with it and these threads.

By receiving what? I don't own any land. I've never received any land.

Why are you being so vague? Tell me specifically, what did I steal (...receive?)? When did I steal it?

You've obviously fallen very hard for the Orwellian brainwash (theft by receiving, lol) and so I'm not surprised you're having trouble getting your thoughts across in a clear and concise manner. Just try and say "Up is up, down is down" in the mirror several times a day, and after a few weeks I think some of the confusion should subside. You have to work at it.

That would be a tax increase, no?

GOP wouldn't support it.
Dems continue to push for a lower employee side rates.

No go

The rich are really gonna get pounded in the future. There will be increases in capital gains and dividend taxes starting next year. Obama entire campaign is centered around tax hikes on the top bracket. My guess is they let all the bush tax cuts expire in order to get that. When we finally have the stomach to deal with ss/Medicare/Medicaid reform, I'd imagine we will be talking about increases then too.

According to what link? All the google links I just looked at ("life expectancy at 65 in 1930 1940") show life expectancy to be 77.2 at age 65 in 1930, having increased now by 5 years since then to 82.

Collectivists' ends always seem to revolve around making the minions ( sub-political elite) work harder and longer. Why is that?

You mean like how you say "taxation is theft!" over and over again?

But at least you live up to your dumb ideas by not buying any stolen land. Congrats.

blah blah blah more vague obscurity, now back to the point. You've accused me of theft.

This should be easy, right? These are clear terms embedded in a clear and direct set of questions.