Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site enmasse.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!enmasse!mroddy From: mroddy@enmasse.UUCP (Mark Roddy) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Re: Social Security Message-ID: <288@enmasse.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 09:19:01 EST Article-I.D.: enmasse.288 Posted: Tue Jan 15 09:19:01 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 17-Jan-85 14:17:52 EST References: <222@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA> <580003@acf4.UUCP> <900@amdahl.UUCP> <622@ihlts.UUCP> <956@ihuxp.UUCP> Organization: Enmasse Computer Corp., Acton, Mass. Lines: 9 > [idiot blows all of his savings at age 59.5, do we support him...] Can I change the example a bit? (I can.) Large numbers of responsible retired people lose all savings held by an investment institution- (i.e. Baldwin-United) - should we (our community, government, whatever,) support them? Doesn't the much reviled SS provide a secure resource for everybody?