Huck, I want to say something here...my last post to you was rather flip and snarky. I want to give you a better response, one that may help us bridge the gap we have going here. OK?
Why? Because I’ve been reading you for many years now, and I respect you more than that. We’ve had this conversation before, so I think if I flesh out my position a bit more lucidly, you can at lest not think of me as some kind of greedy greybeard fool.
Let me ponder and I’ll get back, OK?
Look, I don't blame you for taking the position you take. I'm 43. If SS and Medicare make it a few more years, and I find myself in my early 50s, I'll be taking the same position you are taking. You don't want to be a sucker. Neither do I. I get it.
That's how Ponzi schemes work. No one wants to be the guy without a chair when the music stops, and no one wants to volunteer to be that guy. Hence the system is going to collapse. Then you'll get nothing.