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2007/10/15-17 [Politics/Domestic/SocialSecurity] UID:48327 Activity:moderate
10/15   First Baby Boomer files for Social Security.  DOOM!
        http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/ap_on_go_ot/boomer_social_security
        \_ Oh shit! They're going to bankrupt the nation. Let's kill them.
           \_ How so?  Social Security is a cornerstone of the socialist
              promise.  You don't want SS but you want universal health care?
              *boggle*!
              \_ *I* don't want either.
           \_ Your disk has turned black. Please report to the Carousel.
              \_ lifeclocks turn flashing red at time of renewal.
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news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071015/ap_on_go_ot/boomer_social_security
AP First boomer applies for Social Security By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press Writer 35 minutes ago WASHINGTON - The baby boomers' stampede for Social Security benefits has begun. The nation's "first" baby boomer, a retired teacher from New Jersey, applied for Social Security benefits Monday, signaling the start of an expected avalanche of applications from the post World War II generation. Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue called it "America's silver tsunami." Kathleen Casey-Kirschling applied for benefits over the Internet at an event hosted by Astrue. Casey-Kirschling was born one second after midnight on Jan. "She's leading the way for her generation," Astrue told reporters. Casey-Kirschling will be eligible for benefits after she turns 62 next year. She said she taught seventh graders for 14 years at a school near Camden, NJ, before retiring and volunteering for the Red Cross in Gulf Coast areas hit by Hurricane Katrina. She and her husband have since moved to the eastern shore of Maryland near the Chesapeake Bay. "I think I'm just lucky to be at the top of the boom," she said. An estimated 10,000 people a day will become eligible for Social Security benefits over the next two decades, Astrue said. The Social Security trust fund, if left alone, is projected to go broke in 2041. But Astrue said he is optimistic that Congress will address the issue, perhaps after the 2008 presidential election. President Bush had proposed changes in Social Security to create private accounts, but the proposal went nowhere in Congress. Last week, Bush's budget director called the growth in Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid a "fiscal train wreck." The three entitlement programs make up nearly half of all federal spending, a share that is expected to grow. A report issued last month by the Treasury Department said that some combination of benefit cuts and tax increases will need to be considered to permanently fix the Social Security shortfall. But White House officials stressed that Bush remains opposed to raising taxes. Astrue acknowledged the political difficulties of addressing the issue, but said there is still time. "There's no totally politically easy choice," Astrue said. Casey-Kirschling said her generation won't let Social Security fail. "I think the baby boomers will want to get this fixed," she said. "They're going to want to take care of their children and their grandchildren." The information contained in the AP News report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press.