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To: qam1
I take heart in Flemming vs Nestor (1960) where the US Supreme Court ruled that no American citizen has a right to collect Social Security.

All we Gen-X/Gen-Y have to do is wait until enough of the baby boomers are too senile to vote or are 6 feet under, then we can vote Social Security into oblivion and leave them hanging out to dry.

I'm not putting much faith in this, though, so I am working hard now to amass a small fortune, then stash it in Switzerland somewhere and move myself to Belize or Costa Rica.

10 posted on 05/25/2005 8:49:14 AM PDT by xrp (Fox News Channel should rename itself the Missing Persons Network)
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To: xrp
All we Gen-X/Gen-Y have to do is wait until enough of the baby boomers are too senile to vote or are 6 feet under, then we can vote Social Security into oblivion and leave them hanging out to dry.

Two problems with your scheme:

First, the government will continue to tax you heavily to pay Social Security benefits while you wait for enough of the baby boomers to leave the scene.

Second, there is no reason to believe that enough Gen-X/Gen-Y people will be willing to give up their Social Security benefits when their time comes. My guess is that most will demand to get their "entitlement" just as their elders have.

42 posted on 05/25/2005 9:33:22 AM PDT by Logophile
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To: xrp
Well, gee, thanks a lot. We worked hard, gave you all an education and built this country up to where it is for you to take over. Now you want to wait until we are senile and take everything away from us and leave us to die. That is gratitude for you.
57 posted on 05/25/2005 9:56:43 AM PDT by Goodgirlinred ( GoodGirlInRed Four More Years!!!!!)
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To: xrp

I was born at the tail end of the Baby Boomers... Can I stick with the Gen X and Y :)


89 posted on 05/25/2005 10:26:47 AM PDT by USAFJeeper
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To: xrp

Social Security has no chance of disappearing unless Americans realize it was never intended to be the sole source of post-retirement income.

"We can't support ourselves on Social Security" has become the rallying cry of the AARP. However, instead of proposing strategies involving responsible personal investment (low-to-no risk), the AARP, the RATs, and the media clamor for the government safety net to be expanded ad infinitum.

The bigger they make the net, the more likely it is we're all going to end up tangled in it.


134 posted on 05/25/2005 12:55:40 PM PDT by TBarnett34 (What part of "up or down" do you RINOs not understand?)
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