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Old 01-12-2007, 10:11 AM
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Default Re: Entitled Selfishness: Good Newsweek article on the consquences of leaving SS as is..

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Originally Posted by Aleta
Plus today, we have people waiting longer and longer to have kids and that doesn't help either.
"In 1969, more than 40% of all households consisted of a married couple with children. By 1996 only a rough quater of US households consisted of married couples with children. "

"The average fertility rate(the average number of children to a woman in her lifetime)rose from 1.7 in 1930 to a peak of 3.7 in 1950-1957, it has dropped to 1.5 in 1970 and steadily rose to 1.9 in 2000, and is projected to be 2.0-2.4 in 2050."

- wikipedia from US Census...

*sigh* need to go check my investments after reading this...
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