1. Trading money for money illustrates the absurdity of SS.


Really? That's what banks do all day long.


Kubez wrote:
That's right... without waiting 30 years for repayment or risking losing
it all if one of their shareholders dies.

Huh?

Never heard of a 30 year mortgage? Did they not mention that in
'Economics in 1 Lesson"?




3. If you die the day after you retire, you DON'T get ANY money.


True. But if you live to be 100, you collect a lot more than you paid
in, more than you'd have if you invested that same money wisely...


Proven incontestably wrong by every study conducted.

Really? How about a few references on that? Or can you truly not find
your way back to the real world?

And what if you retire the day after a stock market crash?


looks like Social Security gives you incentive to keep up your health
& live long... is this a bad thing IYHO?


Yeah, that's why obesity and heart disease rates have risen at the same
rate as Social Security taxes.

Are you suggesting that the two are related?


Damn, you're stupid.


I'm not the one saying so many ridiculous things, talking about shooting
gov't officials, eradicating standard banking practices, woefully
ignorant of basic economics, etc etc.

Are you related to JAXAshby?

DSK