Social Security: A First-Wave Boomer’s View
Andrew M. Grossman /
This month’s Facing Up theme is the eligibility of the baby-boom generation for Social Security benefits, which is just beginning. Fortuitously, your correspondent’s father is a baby boomer and graciously agreed to share his thoughts on the topic. He is no policy wonk, but a businessman and entrepreneur who is also well-informed on matters of public policy–in short, the sort of person whose opinion is important to help policy make the transition from universities and think tanks to the desk of the President.
No less importantly, no doubt other boomers, who’ve contributed to Social Security for years and expect soon to start receiving their checks, hold similar views. What the boomers think–how they perceive they’ve been treated by Social Security–will play a large role in any debate over Social Security in the decades ahead.