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You Will Receive Social Security

November 11th, 2008 · 4 Comments

   Written by J.P. Wicklein

     Barring any changes the social security trust fund is expected to run out of money around the year 2041.  My generation (the border of Gen X and Gen Y) has been told to assume that we can’t count on receiving a social security check during our retirement years. This is a good thing in that it provokes people to save for retirement with their own funds. That said, I think that social security checks will be paid out for decades after 2041.

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Tags: Retirement · Social Security