NOYB wrote:
I'd happily forgo my Social Security check later in life as long as I am
exempt from paying FICA today.


Same here, and I'm a lot closer to collecting than you are. If Bush &
Cheney were seriously interested in reforming or fixing Social Security
(instead of their plan being a subterfuge to harvest campaign
contributions from Wall St), they'd offer that option.

However, you're forgetting the other half of the equation. The SS Trust
is the biggest under writer of the U.S. deficit, which Bush/Cheney have
increased enormously. By bowing out of the SS plan, you'd be effectively
voting with your dollars.

DSK