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To: qam1

Back to the beginning ? Seem to remember reading that when Social Security started in US the magic age of 65 was about 5 yrs beyond normal life expectancy at that time. What a deal !


3 posted on 06/20/2004 3:00:09 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: 1066AD
Back to the beginning ? Seem to remember reading that when Social Security started in US the magic age of 65 was about 5 yrs beyond normal life expectancy at that time. What a deal !

Wich just goes to prove, my friend, that great minds think alike -- I thinking the same thing.

5 posted on 06/20/2004 3:03:05 PM PDT by yankeedame ("Born with the gift of laughter & a sense that the world was mad.")
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"Seem to remember reading that when Social Security started in US the magic age of 65 was about 5 yrs beyond normal life expectancy at that time. What a deal !

That's the problem with social programs. People started living longer so they could collect. You can raise it, but people are going to figure out beat the system, if they have to live to 100.

14 posted on 06/20/2004 3:27:58 PM PDT by DannyTN
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