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Azred · 02-25-2004, 11:09 PM

Social Security, as it currently exists, is the problem here. It was initially created to be a buffer to help those in desperate need during the Depression, but we are not in a depression and haven't been since the 1930s. Instead of a tax cut or tax rebate, dismantle Social Security and let people decide how best to spend or invest the extra 6.2% they would subsequently receive.
I must admit that my own grandmother relied somewhat on her Social Security checks for many years, but that was mainly due to the fact that my grandfather died before his time, and life insurance went only so far in the mid 1970s. However, these days I honestly feel that if you are not taking care to plan for your own retirement--no one else is going to take care of you--then you are an idiot and you deserve what you get.

Oh, wait...that would require people to educate themselves about finance and become responsible. How foolish of me to expect that!

02-25-2004, 11:09 PM	#2
Azred Drow Priestess Join Date: March 13, 2001 Location: a hidden sanctorum high above the metroplex Age: 55 Posts: 4,037	Social Security, as it currently exists, is the problem here. It was initially created to be a buffer to help those in desperate need during the Depression, but we are not in a depression and haven't been since the 1930s. Instead of a tax cut or tax rebate, dismantle Social Security and let people decide how best to spend or invest the extra 6.2% they would subsequently receive. I must admit that my own grandmother relied somewhat on her Social Security checks for many years, but that was mainly due to the fact that my grandfather died before his time, and life insurance went only so far in the mid 1970s. However, these days I honestly feel that if you are not taking care to plan for your own retirement--no one else is going to take care of you--then you are an idiot and you deserve what you get. Oh, wait...that would require people to educate themselves about finance and become responsible. How foolish of me to expect that! __________________ Everything may be explained by a conspiracy theory. All conspiracy theories are true. No matter how thinly you slice it, it's still bologna.