Comments on: Social Security Calculator http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/02/17/social-security-calculator/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:34:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: JLP http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2005/02/17/social-security-calculator/#comment-171 JLP Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:42:10 +0000 http://wp.consumerismcommentary.com/?p=191#comment-171 That must really say something for the current Social Security system if they can beat the return of the stock market. I think 3% above inflation is a little too conservative. Of course, if you don't like the idea in the first place, you have to adjust the numbers to make them say what you want them to say. I just don't see how over a 30-40 year career, a person would get less than 10% or so in equities. I'm a biased believer in the markets. I know with great conviction that the market (over the long-term) is going to give me a better return than the social security system will. JLP <a href="http://AllThingsFinancial.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://AllThingsFinancial.blogspot.com</a> That must really say something for the current Social Security system if they can beat the return of the stock market.

I think 3% above inflation is a little too conservative. Of course, if you don’t like the idea in the first place, you have to adjust the numbers to make them say what you want them to say. I just don’t see how over a 30-40 year career, a person would get less than 10% or so in equities.

I’m a biased believer in the markets. I know with great conviction that the market (over the long-term) is going to give me a better return than the social security system will.

JLP

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