Social Security is broken. For millions of Americans who paid into the system with a government promise of retirement income chances are you may never see a dime of of your FICA investment. It was never placed in an imaginary made up trust fun as promised. Rather it was spent to fund more government waste. Talk about government waste, consider this news from Social Security as they are having problems funding American's retirement.
It appears to me they are frivolously throwing money away at the Social Security Department on needless studies like this one. Elvis is no longer one of the top 1,000 baby names in the United States. How do we know this? Because SS spent your tax dollars researching the thousand most popular names in American noting that Elvis has fallen off the list.
Elvis has left the list.
Ending a run that started in 1955, Elvis did not make the list of 1,000 most popular baby names compiled by the Social Security Administration. The name never topped the charts, peaking at No. 312 in 1957 and making a slight comeback after Elvis Presley died in 1977. But The King's first name was in the top 1,000 for 55 straight years, something that cannot be said for, say, Barack, which has never cracked the list.
"I was all shook up," Social Security Commissioner Michael Astrue said. "It's been a tradition tracking his ups and downs, and to see him drop off the top 1,000, I have to be honest, we took that very hard at Social Security."
Jacob continued a 12-year run as the most popular name for boys in 2010, according to the list released Thursday. Isabella was the most popular name for girls for a second year at the top.
Nearly 22,000 boys were named Jacob in 2010, followed by Ethan, Michael, Jayden and William. Nearly 23,000 girls were named Isabella, followed by Sophia, Emma, Olivia and Ava.
No wonder we are broke. Too many government employees with too much time on their hands. How counting how many Jacobs are born last year has nothing to do with the general welfare of the United States. Your tax dollars are being wasted on these silly studies, year after year. When was the last time Social Security recipients got a cost of living increase?
