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No, I'm not saying that at all. The figures for Social Security and Medicare are not based on todays population, but rather the population in another 20-30 years.
Currently, only 13% of the population is in retirement age. in 20 years, that number is likely to be as much as double. 20-25% of the population being of retirement age. Partially because people are living longer, and partially because boomers were are a much larger percentage of the population than the elders before them.