> -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:52 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Americans Losing Faith In Bush > > I think the answer is, though, that if you don't have time to do the > research, then you don't invest in it. You said "obligatory", but it > would not be. I know Kevin is saying that you lose the money, but I do > not believe that is true (still waiting for the proof, he may be > right!). So if you don't have the intelligence or the time - stay out > of it. I don't need the government to restrict me because some people > aren't smart enough to be trusted with their own money.
Of course this leads to some possibly interesting thoughts: If most people can't or won't take advantage of the private accounts (and we might look to 401k management in this regard where the vast majority of even professional people "just let the company do it" rather than manage it themselves) then who WILL do it? (And let's be clear - if it comes to it, I will be doing it. I'm not against this idea in principle. I'm worried about the execution.) And if (as I think it will be) it's only a small percentage of people taking advantage of that what's the administrative costs of setting and managing the program for those few? Could we be looking at a situation where it costs more tax dollars to manage this program for a small group of people than it earns them overall? What's the cut off point? Will we end up with an expensive program for a newly defined financial elite at the expense of the majority of workers? Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:164789 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
