In my early to mid 20's I received a letter from the Social Security Administration and the estimate was I would be receiving $0.42 for every $1 I put in. It was kind of odd, I have never received such a letter before or since, but it wasn't very encouraging to think I am subsidizing the generation that put the County into this financial mess and I will never get that money back.
Debt for individual households in the US is still relatively new, in 1950 it was nearly $0 and its now it is well over $10Trillion (closer to $13). Households in the US with debt have an average of $135,000. And counter-intuitively as incomes increase households are not less likely to be in debt, statistically they will have the most debt.
Debt for individual households in the US is still relatively new, in 1950 it was nearly $0 and its now it is well over $10Trillion (closer to $13). Households in the US with debt have an average of $135,000. And counter-intuitively as incomes increase households are not less likely to be in debt, statistically they will have the most debt.