We heard from several of you who had lost all faith in social security. You're concerned that the government safety net for retires won't be around to catch you when you finally reach retirement age. It isn't around to catch people right now, as public policy researcher turned writer stephanie murray discovered a few years ago.
But somehow it got very scary.
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