The 'communal pot' in the United States is actually 'broad taxation of 5% GDP of one of the strongest, most stable economies in the history of the planet'. Soci

The 'communal pot' in the United States is actually 'broad taxation of 5% GDP of one of the strongest, most stable economies in the history of the planet'. Social Security maybe won't be as much as estimated today, but it assuredly will be around unless the United States economy totally collapses— and if that happens, all your savings will be for naught anyway. Or, I suppose, if people listen to fearmongering about how 'Social Security won't be there' and get rid of it. But old people do vote a lot, so that's relatively unlikely.