As I recall, SS was not meant to be a full retirement program, tho I'm guessing that whatever amount was paid out early on probably, in many cases acted as the only program.

And in fact, I as a retired teacher do not get full SS. My teacher's retirement is my primary source of income.

However, as more defined pension plans are disbanded in favor of 401K's I suspect SS will become even more important.

For the first several years of Saturn, it was a joint UAW-Saturn management project. Don't know who blinked first, but within 5 years, that was all over.

The best car I owned - until perhaps the Prius was the '93 Saturn. We had 2.

It would be a shame if unions are allowed to slip into history.

Through the 60's the impact of unions were profound. If you weren't in a union, the chances were that, that company would pretty much match union wages and benefits just to keep unions away from the shop.

You can't imagine how many union families bought their first home and sent there kids off to college.

So, Good Luck Folks.