Washington Post Op-Ed: You Didn’t Pay For That (And She’s Right)

By: American Decency Staff

Past and current retirees receive much more in benefits from Social Security and Medicare than they paid into the systems. Absent reform, younger generations will get stuck with an unfair burden and less financial security.

One of the most common reactions to arguments in favor of entitlement reform is to claim that recipients of Social Security and Medicare benefits paid for those benefits. Such a reaction, however, discounts facts that contradict this position. On this issue, too many people believe what they want to believe.

This morning, Catherine Rampell tried to dispel this myth in the opinion section of The Washington Post:

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