Not sure what you are implying here but a huge percentage of us would not EVER be able to retire in penury as we are now, without these sensible programs. Are only the rich allowed to live decent lives now???
Last year the Guardian:
Fiscally irresponsible’: Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ benefits the rich at the expense of the poor
Bill will make permanent huge tax cuts to the wealthy and cost the government $4.6tn over the next 10 years
WHAT IS STATUS TODAY ?
Retirees' parents are usually dead, not so with children. Also, what happens when you add in the amounts states spend on children? Retirees don't need education (although they may enjoy it).
Do these numbers include Social Security payments?
It shouldn't. That is a fund taxpayers paid into and the government held for their retirement
Until that same government spent the money and left taxpayers an IOU
We expect payment.