Reply #7: Yep, they only estimate the first 10 years of costs [View All]

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And conveniently forget everything after that. But it's okay to project social security benefits costs out to eternity and then yammer about the massive shortfall.

You know, if I just counted the mortgage payments I'll be making on my house in the next 10 years, I wonder if the lender would be upset that I claimed complete ownership at that time? I mean, if this kind of new math works for our trusted public officials, it should be good enough for me, right?