From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!rocheste!heliotis Newsgroups: net.misc,net.politics Title: Re: Social Security Article-I.D.: rocheste.482 Posted: Mon Jan 24 08:56:00 1983 Received: Thu Jan 27 20:12:27 1983 References: hplabs.1124 There is one thing about your "robbing Peter to pay Paul" problem that makes it less bad. The *current* workers are paying the older people's *current* benefits. It really is not a savings plan, no matter what they say. More importantly, I think the way to solve this problem is to look at the main cause: people are living longer, so the payer/payee ratio is getting samller. The solution: raise the retirement age; people are healthier at 65 than they used to be. (Yes, I know this does not work well when unem- ployment is high, but I think that in the long run it's the best way) Jim Heliotis P.S. Let's hear others' ideas on how to "save" S/S.