For anybody under 40 in the United States today, don't hope to ever retire on the governments dime... its just not going to happen... the social security system is on the edge of the abyss. You will be responsible for your own retirement, and only by your thriftiness, hard work and luck will be able to retire before your no longer physically able to work.
Work hard, save and invest... (Or alternatively give birth to smart children who will become doctors and lawyers and support your poor ass)...
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Whoever appeals to the law against his fellow man is either a fool or a coward.
Whoever cannot take care of himself without that law is both.
For a wounded man shall say to his assailant, "If I live I will kill you, if I die you are forgiven".
Such is the Rule of Honor.
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