Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf4.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!acf4!greenber From: greenber@acf4.UUCP (ross m. greenberg) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Social Security Message-ID: <580003@acf4.UUCP> Date: Tue, 8-Jan-85 08:43:00 EST Article-I.D.: acf4.580003 Posted: Tue Jan 8 08:43:00 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 11-Jan-85 07:17:59 EST References: <222@cmu-cs-cad.ARPA> Organization: New York University Lines: 12 <> It (replacing Social Security with IRA's or their ilk) sounds good BUT: what of the guy who waits till he's 59.5, takes all the money out of his IRA account, and losses it it (spends it/ gambles it, etc.). Now he's old, and broke. Does society support him, or let him starve?? ------------------------------------------------------ Ross M. Greenberg @ NYU ----> { allegra,ihnp4 }!cmcl2!acf4!greenber <----