[dman4384]

": They are exempt from paying Social Security taxes because they have waived the right to receive benefits"

Hey..how'd they get that deal? Sign me up!

[Mygirlsmom]

Grab some suspenders and a hat and grow a beard ;o)

[Dan Evans]

The Amish don't believe in insurance so they got an exemption about fifty years ago.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I want this deal! I resent being forced into the "Social Security" Ponzi scheme against my will, and I resent being tracked by business and government because of that damn social security number.

[lesser_satan]

Same here. I didn't know that was possible.

[KantianBurke]

": They are exempt from paying Social Security taxes because they have waived the right to receive benefits"

"Hey..how'd they get that deal? Sign me up!"

Same here! Just point the way!

[Dan Evans]

"And so it came to pass that in 1965, the Medicare bill was passed by Congress. As Wayne Fisher writes in The Amish in Court, "Tucked into the 138 page bill was a clause exempting the Old Order Amish, and any other religious sect who conscientiously objected to insurance, from paying Social Security payments, providing that sect had been in existence since December 31, 1950. "

Amish and social security

The Amish objection to insurance is expressed as a reluctance to trust God. Amish insurance is the family and community. When they get old, they rely on family to take of them. That is their social security. If their house burns down, 100 neighbors get together and rebuild it by the end of the week. That is their fire insurance. If they get sick, the community will gather funds to pay for the hospital bills. That's Amish medicare.

We rely on government to take care of us. The Amish have a better way.