The end of World War II on August 9, 1945 started a population boom in the United States that now has very serious repercussions in our entitlement state.

Each and every day, starting in 2010, approximately ten thousand (10,000) people will retire, expecting what is owed to them from Social Security and Medicare.

U.S. Births 1940-1960
Year Births
1940 2.36 million
1941 2.50 million
1942 2.80 million
1943 2.90 million
1944 2.80 million
1945 2.80 million
1946 3.47 million
1947 3.90 million
1948 3.50 million
1949 3.56 million
1950 3.60 million
1951 3.75 million
1952 3.85 million
1953 3.90 million
1954 4.00 million
1955 4.10 million
1956 4.16 million
1957 4.30 million
1958 4.20 million
1959 4.25 million
1960 4.26 million

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