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From: mike@enmasse.UUCP (Mike Schloss)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Re: Social Security
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Date: Sun, 13-Jan-85 19:53:06 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.
> 

Good point, but ...
Ever hear of insurance?