A majority of millennials think that the Social Security program is making more payments than it receives taxes, according to an exclusive Newsweek poll.

Millennials, Gen X and Gen Z say the system needs reform, an exclusive Newsweek poll found, amid fears the benefits won’t exist when they come to retire

Younger generations in the U.S., including millennials and Gen Zers, are much more likely to believe that the Social Security system needs reforming than those in their 60s and 70s, according to a recent survey conducted by Redfield & Wilton Strategies on behalf of Newsweek.

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Some 40 percent of respondents said they believe that the Social Security program currently pays out more to retirees than it is receiving in Social Security tax payments, while 26 percent disagreed with this statement.

Gen Zers (ages 18-26), millennials (ages 27-42) and Gen Xers (ages 43-58) were more likely than boomers (59 and older) to think that Social Security should be reformed.

      • Moira_Mayhem@lemmy.world
        11·
        9 months ago

        I already vote blue every election and mildly frequently write my reps, it’s all well and good to use the ‘fight’ metaphor but until we are rioting in the streets we are just going to have the slow slide down till it gets gutted completely.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      2·
      9 months ago

      And yet

      • social security has enough support that politicians are afraid to touch it, even to fix it
      • even the doom date we’re all worried about, means it can still pay 80%, assuming no fixes
      • if we get past the next two decades, demographics once again favors the current approach

      Fixing it should we quite doable, if politicians look ahead. However the longer we wait, the bigger impact from adjustments, and we all know the reality of politics.

      If you’re under 40, I agree that you need to focus on retirement savings, since that’s the only part you can control

      • Illuminostro@lemmy.world
        1·
        9 months ago

        Just put all your money in a 401K. Do your fiscal duty and grovel at The Shrine of Captialism, peasant. You’re lucky you’re allowed to live and serve.

      • Moira_Mayhem@lemmy.world
        11·
        9 months ago

        Excellent sentiment and I hope you are right but I don’t think the existing support can survive even one moderately planned out mass media campaign from the GOP.