Or just make it like it was originally: Social Security should start paying out when a person reaches the average lifespan in the country, plus two.
I prefer 9 percent.
Just 5.4 percent of the population was over 65 when SS was established.
When Medicare was established, it was 9 percent. That's where I got the figure.
Right now, around 15 percent of our population is over 65. A smaller and smaller percentage of the population is supporting a larger and larger percentage. This is unsustainable.
Right now, 9 percent of our population is over 70, and so that is where I would start.
If we used your figure, you would not collect SS until you are 80.