All my working life, I've assumed I would never collect on SS because it was obviously going to fail, so my "contributions" might as well have been tossed into a fire. It's kind of amazing that they've kicked that can long enough that it's starting to look like I might get a little back after all.

But I still figure the Boomers will bankrupt it just in time for the checks to stop around my 62th birthday, or maybe that's when they'll start bumping the age up to stay ahead.