Medicare Scare!

So this is a post in response to our work with the Bill family. And yes, the scare I'm referring to was actually not about medicare but rather social security, but hey, I'm not gonna pass up on a rhyming title. But anyway the point is that I was genuinely worried about the country I live in for a few hours when our research (falsely) uncovered the information that social security stops at 85. I dunno about you, but I plan on living a lot longer than that. The reasoning behind this was that the calculator on the website stopped at a certain birth date--you apparently cannot apply for social security if you are over 85. This is less terrifying than it simply cutting of at that age, though. This only means that if you haven't already registered then you can't anymore, but if you're 85 and you don't already have social security, then chances are you're already dead. I also want to address the fear of social security not being around anymore when I get to be that ripe old age. First of all let me say that I'm not usually this forward looking, and it's making me feel kinda weird. But the information I heard last week about social security put some of my worries to rest. It also made entirely new ones, though, but you can't win everything. I'm glad that social security will still exist when I need it, but I'm worried now that our country is way too far in debt to know what to do with itself. I keep wondering to myself if there's anything I can do to help, but of course there isn't, other than paying my taxes and being an upstanding citizen. The amount of money that is being lost and gained and moved around and made up is beyond my comprehension. I can hardly imagine having ten thousand dollars, not to mention ten billion. So I think I'm a little out of my league here. I'm still kinda worried about all of it, but I'm also worried about final exams, which are closer at hand. I'm worried about what college I go to, what job I'll get. Social security can wait.