Social Security--still the best retirement deal around

[myrna minx]

8. Ever since the 80's we GenXers have been conditioned to believe it won't be there for us.

You're right, it is up to us to fight for it, but that seed was planted 25 years ago - the Republicans were very successful in that regard - because the cynical fear is prevalent. It's strange though, because many of us haven't been able to sock too much away for retirement (our supposed rise to big earning years took place during GWB), so we still *hope* it'll be there, but are most dubious. If the Dems were smart, they'd try to smash those fears. That would capture GenX's attention to be sure.