Median annual Social Security benefits for current retirees is about $13,500.
I point this out because I think many people really believe the program is a lot more generous than that. I regularly get surprised responses when I point it out. Not from you, dear readers, because you are smarter than the average Villager. And I hate Obama for making me almost link to a Juan Williams columns on Fox News defending Greg Walden for being fucking right. Which he is.
