12 Reasons to Be Thankful for Social Security
No one who achieves success does so without the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
-- Alfred North Whitehead
The quotation above, from English mathematician and philosopher Alfred North Whitehead, applies very aptly to Social Security in several ways. For one thing, most of us who have successful retirements, free from financial distress, do so only with the help of Social Security. Also, the whole Social Security system involves each generation helping the next: We pay into the system with part of our earnings, which support current retirees. And when it's time for us to collect our benefits, they come largely from the contributed earnings of younger workers.
Here are more reasons to be thankful for Social Security.
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