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From: garys@bunker.UUCP (Gary M. Samuelson)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Re: Social Security
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Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 08:52:49 EST
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> > 
> > >> Now he's old, and broke. Does society support him, or let him starve??
> > 
> > >  If the man has made it to 59.5, he should have enough common sense
> > >  NOT to blow it all at once.  If he is dumb enough to spend it all at
> > >  once, [1] I don't see how he made it to 59.5, and [2] the jerk
> > >  *should* starve!!!
> > 
> > It's not at all difficult to lose many thousands of dollars
> > in a few weeks.  Just have one major organ go bad and
> > you're pecuniary history.
> 
> What is medical insurance for ???
> 
> 							Mark

Well, for someone who's 59.5, I would guess that medical insurance
is for several hundred dollars a month.