Social Security "Crisis" SOLVED!!

[KnaveRupe]

Ok. The repube talking point is that "the baby boomer retirement will cause a crisis as there will be more retirees collecting SS than people paying into the system" right? Then doesn't this article pretty much show us that that is false?

http://wireservice.wired.com/wired/story.asp?section=Breaking&storyId=1042902&tw=wn_wire_story">U.S. Student Population at Highest Level

Thursday, June 02, 2005 9:45 a.m. ET
By BEN FELLER AP Education Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Leave it to today's school kids to trump their baby boomer parents. A total of 49.6 million children attended public and private school in 2003, beating the previous high mark of 48.7 million _ set in 1970 when the baby boom generation was in school.

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The enrollment growth is likely to continue through this year, according to the Census Bureau report. Enrollment is expected to drop slightly through 2010 _ due to a decline in births from 1991 to 1997 _ but then pick up again, the Census figures show.

All the estimates are based on survey responses from a sample of the population in 2003.

Among other highlights of the school enrollment report:

_More than a quarter of the U.S. population age 3 or older _ that's 75 million people _ were in school nationwide in 2003. More than 17 million were in high school, and almost another 17 million were in college or graduate school.

_A total of 46 percent of high school graduates age 18 to 24 were in college in 2003. College enrollment stood at 16.6 million students, up from 14.4 million a decade earlier.


Am I missing something here? To me, this indicates that there is an even bigger generation coming down the pike to replace the boomers in the work force. Since the boomers don't all retire on the same day, but rather retire over a period of some twenty years, where's the crisis?

[followthemoney]

1. The future looks good unless...

mismanagement of the economy results in low growth of employment. Only people with jobs pay in to S.S.,and Wal-Mart type jobs minimize the amount each worker pays in. The question is, whose side is this government on anyway?

[Erika]

3. Whose side this government is on?

Corporate globalists.

[Erika]

2. Our good paying jobs are being outsourced

Bush is producing only low pay jobs. That's where the crisis is, with the low paying jobs offering no health benefits or retirement plan. Third world waiting to be born.

[KnaveRupe]

4. Right.

I agree. But you're missing my point. THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE SAYING!

This study is a way to reframe the debate. Social Security isn't at risk because of demographics - it's at risk due to Bush's horrid economic policies.

New Talking point for our side: "We have the people to keep SS working - it's the JOBS we're missing, thanks to dubya and his corporate cronies."

[LuPeRcALiO]

5. statistics don't lie, but statisticians do

So do politicians, at least the faith-based wingnuts.