The chart at this link tracks the U.S. population distribution by age, starting in 1950. You can see the tail end of the baby boomers work its way into the population, before evening out over a few decades.
The second time through the chart, check out what the 80+ population is projected to do over the next forty years, and ask whether or not we should do something to fix Medicare and Social Security right now.
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