Social Security Informative Essay

“Isn’t that like the thing old people get?” most millennials will say. Little do they know that “that thing for old people” will have a tremendous impact on their future lives. Social Security has been around for quite a long time; in fact, this summer will be the eightieth anniversary of President Roosevelt signing it into law. In 1935, Social Security was heralded as a social insurance program that would provide economic security and stability to American citizens. Over time, it has become something that is “just there”, and many people take it for granted. However, Social Security is important, and in its eighty-year existence it has become outdated. This outdated system will soon be ineffective in providing the security and stability promised to Americans. Thus, the United States government should reform Social Security because it will not be able to support its beneficiaries in the next twenty years.
The biggest and most obvious reason for which Social Security will fail in …show more content…
Since Social Security lands in the realm of politics, it will be hard to change, primarily because it is so popular with America’s older generation, and that older generation makes up a large part of the voting population (i.e. upset this group of people and it is likely you will not get votes come next election). However, Social Security does need change for reasons I have stated above, and if it does not get the change it needs, the repercussions could negatively affect retirees, disabled persons, and the current and future working class. We should stop taking for granted something so vital to Americans. Twenty years seems far in the future, especially to the proverbial millennials, but this will not be said when they have a projected twenty years to live and want to retire at sixty-five. The millennial generation, the generation I am a part of, is the future of this country, so we should take charge and make sure the future of Social Security is a good