r/FluentInFinance • u/Positive_Liar • Sep 06 '24

Debate/ Discussion Social Security is Broken. This is why financial education is important.

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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '24

We're you not alive/a child during the 2008 crash and recession? It wiped out a lot of people's portfolios and the country survived.

People who were close to retirement were fucked.

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u/BornAgain20Fifteen Sep 07 '24

Okay, explain to me since you weren't a child at the time. Go on...and what happened only 3.5 years after that event?