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.