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Baby boomers are collecting 265% of what they paid into Social Security—and millennials are paying the price - Fortune

Published by Fortune By Nick Lichtenberg · 26 August 2026 at 19:02
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Baby boomers are collecting 265% of what they paid into Social Security—and millennials are paying the price - Fortune
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"The reality is that Social Security is not a savings program where workers’ payroll tax contributions are saved in an account and used to pay their benefits."

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