Bah......but why should we 20% who know what we are doing be forced to pay into the system to support the other 80%? You 80% want your social security? Great, you pay into it. I should be able to opt out and keep that percentage of my money for myself.
Incidentally, the word "Social" in Social Security seems to be rather telling here. This seems like a forced redistribution of funds to me.....isn't that Socialism? > > This is purely rhetorical, but how much do you have saved and how old > are you? If you're 30 - 35 you should have at least $100,000 IMO and > that's cash money; not pension or home equity. > > I'll never argue that gov't should handle your money, but social > security is for "unsophisticated" investors. Based on US savings > rates that's 80% + of the population! > > So it would seem that, yes, the gov't saves for retirement better than > 80% of the US population. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Captivate from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=52 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143232 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
