[quote=briansd1]You can’t compare SS to local pensions.
We can’t have 25% of municipal budgets go to pensions when the proper portion should be 5%. It’s as simple as that.[/quote]
“Social Security: Another 20 percent of the budget, or $707 billion, paid for Social Security, which provided retirement benefits averaging $1,175 per month to 34.6 million retired workers in December 2010. Social Security also provided benefits to 2.9 million spouses and children of retired workers, 6.4 million surviving children and spouses of deceased workers, and 10.2 million disabled workers and their eligible dependents in December 2010.”
