Also, many immigrants pay into social security without being able to
collect. Has anybody ever tried to quantify that effect?
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 12:20:13PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Gar Lipow wrote:
>
> >Also there is one other point. In the U.S, anyway the increase in the
> >ratio of seniors to others is projected to occur alongside a drop in the
> >ratio of children to population -- so that the total "dependency" ratio
> >is projected to be a only a tiny bit higher than at present...
>
> If you calculate the number of nonworkers per worker, even the rather
> dire official Social Security calculations show only a minor rise, to
> levels well below those of the 1950s and 1960s.
>
> Doug
>
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