In fairness, issue two is probably better addressed at the national level -- something like what Social Security's original intention seemed to be: a safety bla

In fairness, issue two is probably better addressed at the national level -- something like what Social Security's original intention seemed to be: a safety blanket for those who lived much longer than expected. In 1935 when SS was enacted, life expectancy was 61.7 years. benefits didn't kick in until the average person was dead by 3.3 years. If this chart is accurate: http://vis.stanford.edu/jheer/d3/pyramid/shift.html http://vis.stanford.edu/jheer/d3/pyramid/shift.html -- it looks like in 1930 less than ~5% of the population was older than 65. If this chart is accurate: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS?locations=US https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.65UP.TO.ZS?locat... -- it looks like ~15% of the population is currently older than 65.