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Old 10-22-2004, 08:08 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by fuzyfuzer
i think it's time to take a look into the past. when social secerity was inacted people were only expected to live on social security for one or two years. maybe it's time to raise the eaarliest age of retirmen to 70-73...
that's a quick solution... but what do you say to the people who have been paying social security since they were 15 and expect to begin receiving their benefits here soon? sorry, wait another 5-8 years?

i don't know about you, but if i'm going to have a sizeable portion of my paycheck taken for a fund i have no choice but to contribute to... i expect more than just a couple years of financial cushion. 50 years of giving to social security for a meager government check right before I die is a raw deal anyway you slice it.
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