dwight wrote:
> "Michael Johnson" <cds@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:tOSdnXLHwvxf4jfanZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Dwight, do you really think 20,000,000 Mexicans earning minimum wage
are
>> going to make a dent in the tab the boomers are going to rack up? We
need
>> 20,000,000 phDs earning $250k per year just pay for the Geritol supply.
>
> Michael, I fully expect to die one day.
>
> It could be today, it could be another forty years, but one day I am
going
> to die. I never thought I'd see 80, but if I make it to 72, I'll
consider
> myself on Bonus Time.
>
> And I never expected the Gov'mint to take care of me, either. Frankly,
being
> solidly middle class, I think it's up to me to do that. Gov'mint
assistance
> is for those who need it.
>
> And somewhere around my 45th birthday, I came to the realization that
there
> would be no Social Security benefits there for me when I retired. I
don't
> believe in fiscal shell games. My official retirement age was bumped to
67,
> and I expect it'll be bumped again (70?). But by the time I get there,
I'll
> find out that I don't qualify (Catch 22).
>
> Social Security was a great idea in its day, but it's a program that
really
> shouldn't exist, especially on the grand scale it has become. Hell,
given
> today's life expectancies, benefits shouldn't even kick in until we
reach
> the age of 75 now. The single biggest reason that the system is bankrupt
> (aside from the fact that all of the money was stolen) is that we still
> pretend that retirement age should be 65 (or 62 for those of us who
can).
I want to die the day before I can no longer stand to piss or wipe my
own ass in my own bathroom. Isn't it depressing how these things are
something you actually think about as you get older?
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