Of course you won't see a single penny that you put in, because that's not how Social Security works. When us younger Americans start drawing our Social Securi

Of course you won't see a single penny that you put in, because that's not how Social Security works. When us younger Americans start drawing our Social Security, it'll be that era's young whose pennies we're drawing. Social security isn't "you pay in, you get back out what you put in" it's "you pay in for today's olds, and when you're old, young people pay in for you".