claim: "when social security first started, there was 16 workers for every retiree. today there are three workers for every retiree and soon there will be only two for every retiree."
author: marco rubio
evidence_1: may 22, 2012 ... with the social security trust fund exhausting faster than expected, ... today  there are just 2.9 workers per retiree—and this amount is ... the program was  stable when there were more than 3 workers per ... however, future projections  indicate that the ratio will continue to fall from two workers to one, ...
evidence_2: and over the next few decades that number will fall to just two workers per  beneficiary. ... workers are paying ever-higher benefits to an ever-larger number  of retirees. ... and their dependents; crew members of merchant vessels; and all  other u.s. ... "under current law the cost of social security will soon begin to  increase ...
evidence_3: feb 22, 2017 ... is social security just for retired workers? no. as of june 2016, 16 percent of  beneficiaries were disabled workers and their dependents, and 13 ...
evidence_4: regular ongoing monthly benefits started in january 1940. ... they pay into the  system just like everyone else. ... so there are still some federal employees,  those first hired prior to january 1984, who are ... there are also tables showing  the minimum and maximum social security benefit for a retired worker who  retires at ...
evidence_5: sep 5, 2011 ... it's common to think of social security as an individual account of ... on average  and retired in 2011 would get an annual benefit payment of ... today's workers --  boomers, gens x and y -- like to carp about social security, but it's not all sour ...  to get the biggest bump in benefits, workers have to delay their ...