Young Americans say “Let my payroll tax go”

I don’t know how I missed this Social Security poll the other day. Rich Lowry summarizes here, but this graf really gets to the heart of the issue:

But the sharply polarized debate over Social Security's long-term solvency, which has waxed and waned for more than a generation, has left its mark, particularly on the young. Fifty-one percent of respondents said they did not think Social Security would have the money to pay the benefits they expect when they retire; 70 percent of those under 45 felt that way.

Poll after poll shows that pessimism rising inversely with age. But, as I like to say, Social Security is the retirement plan so good they had to make it mandatory.