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  • Beware Pension-Plan Shortfall - Barron's [View article]
    Very few people will see a return on their "investment" in social security...hence the name!!! Not sure where anyone got the notion this would be a return of their taxes. It is a socialized system that pays for disabilities as well as retirement income as we know it.



    On Dec 07 08:16 PM Eric W. wrote:

    > If I could invest the taxes the government takes out of my paycheck
    > I'd do it. As it is I can't afford to and I'll never see the money
    > I'm putting in for Social Security or Medicare.
    >
    > We've been sold out.
    >
    > I know many people who had their pension plans robbed. Put money
    > in for year after year only to have the company claim "bankruptcy"...
    > give the executives golden parachutes, and liquidate the pension
    > plan.
    >
    > Our government has done the same thing with all of our taxes. <br/>
    >
    > This won't be able to be sustained; there will be a collapse and
    > revolt.
    >
    > We've sold ourselves down the river; sad.
    Dec 08 16:28 pm |Rating: +1 0 |Link to Comment
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