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moghopper said:Inability to form reasonable and coherent thoughts is often a failure of the educational system.
Yes, I was wondering what educational system has failed you?
moghopper said:Inability to form reasonable and coherent thoughts is often a failure of the educational system.
Cut-Throat said:Yes, I was wondering what educational system has failed you?
moghopper said:Inability to form reasonable and coherent thoughts is often a failure of the educational system.
riskaverse said:it should be interesting to see if we will come together again to wield political clout to achieve our (possibly under-funded) needs.
...it's a government sponsored pension plan. Unfortunately, the plan is underfunded any way you choose to look at it...
riskaverse said:I have to admit being a baby boomer has always seemed like I was in the "sweet spot".
. . . Yrs to Go said:As to the original question "who will pay our social security?" - the answer of course is "I" will. Just as "I" will pay for everyone else's between now and then.
HaHa said:We should all get together and thank this guy "I", whoever he is. We need him!
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They will also be paying for their grandparents benefits too.. . . Yrs to Go said:Well then feel free to thank any working person under the age of 35-40. That person will spend a lifetime paying into the system to cover current and future retirees but, as a matter of necessity, will likely see very little or no benefits themselves. That person will, therefore, have to save more during their lifetime to make up for the social security benefits they are supposed to get today, but probably will not. So feel free to thank the working young for funding both their own, and their parent's, social security.
SteveR said:My mother, my brother my wife and I would like to thank you all. Keep working and paying into the system. Us old farts want to cruise the Riveria on our huge SS checks.
SteveR said:Actually, most of us with decent retirement incomes will most likely be scaled back on benefits in the future. I will take mine as soon as I can to at least get some of it back.
Jay_Gatsby said:I haven't read the entire thread, but I've never been a big fan of Ponzi schemes. You should get out of Social Security what you put in, along with a conservative amount of interest compounded over the years.
Cut-Throat said:Social Security was set up as a retirement insurance program. It does not mean you should get out of it what you paid into it! - It was never set up that way! Any more than you should expect to get the money you paid into Auto Insurance if you never had an accident or Home Insurance if you never had a fire etc.
There are plenty of companies defaulting on their promises to employees, that gave their lives to these businesses. Social Security may be their only salvation.
So it is not a Ponzi Scheme, anymore than any other Insurance business.
Cut-Throat said:So it is not a Ponzi Scheme, anymore than any other Insurance business.
. . . Yrs to Go said:The difference is that if I knew my insurance company was bankrupt, I'd stop paying the premiums. With SS, I don't have that choice.
Cut-Throat said:Sure you do! - A couple of choices
1.) Quit working
2.) Leave the Country
JPatrick said:ex-Jarhead In addition to the analogy about Soc. Sec. being like an ins. product said:I have to take issue with you on this one jarhead.
While it's true you may not feel like you are getting anything for your insurance dollars, I consider that quite different from money spent for Ho's. With Ho's, you should be getting instant gratification for your expenditures. If not, maybe it's time to get some quotes elsewhere.
Just my two cents.
JPatrick: Are we talking somethink kinky here?
How could I get instant gratification from a ho's policy?
Please let me know, hell I may enjoy it.
ex-Jarhead said:JPatrick: Are we talking somethink kinky here?
How could I get instant gratification from a ho's policy?
Please let me know, hell I may enjoy it.
REWahoo! said:Jarhead: Is she, you know, a "ho"? (Ho, Ho, Ho!)
ex-Jarhead said:
Yep, I think I just got "blind-sided" from our friend JPatrick.
JPatrick: Good one, but no fair masking by using a frown instead of a smiley. (Did Cube-Rat put you up to this?)
cube_rat said:Hey, I mean Ho! I'm innocent
ex-Jarhead said:Cube: What are you doing up so early?
I've got an 8:00 Tee-off is my excuse.