From: utzoo!watmath!watarts!bernie Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: S.S. Article-I.D.: watarts.1644 Posted: Tue Jan 25 10:24:08 1983 Received: Fri Jan 28 09:23:32 1983 Reply-To: bernie@watarts (Bernie Roehl) References: ucbvax.661 There is no question that sooner or later the social security system will break down entirely; it's only a question of whether we close it down in a controlled fashion *now*, or delay the inevitable until some later date when the consequences will be far worse. Things are *not* going to get any better, and the only practical solution is to 1. Stop putting any more money into a system that's about to fold. 2. Use whatever money is in the system now to help as many of the elderly who are currently dependent on s.s. as possible. 3. Encourage people to take the money they would have spent on their social security payments, and use it instead to help support their elderly relatives (this should be stricly voluntary of course) There will be some hardship for some people, mostly those with no offspring to help support them. However, better that than far greater hardship ten or fifteen years down the line. It's sad, but there literally is no other solution. The money in the s.s. system already should be enough to help out those s.s. recipients who can *verify* that they have no living relatives who can contribute to their support. --Bernie Roehl ...decvax!utzoo!watmath!watarts!bernie