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To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (53224)	2/9/2006 1:05:15 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110194

If you haven't read what I write, then you shouldn't respond. I have health insurance and have had it for years. I have my own retirement plan and have had it for years. I have my own disability insurance and have had it for years. I bought these things in the free market at a much lower cost than the government provided alternatives. I buy them on the free market because I've done the math. The government cannot possibly live up to its SS/Medicare promises to the Boomers. This has been known for over 30 years.

To: Elroy Jetson who wrote (53224)	2/9/2006 1:48:05 PM
From: benwood	Respond to of 110194

I, too, would gladly opt out of SS if I could. I'd pay the 3% or so that provides a social safety net for kids who's parents died young, etc, and take the other 9% and invest it on my own. I'd do far better. I'd sign a waiver saying I could be executed if I ever begged the gov't to bail me out. As for Medicare, I'm pretty sure I won't be be missing anything because either it, or my retirement (via hyperinflation) will be zilch in twenty years. I think it will be Medicare (in other words premiums nearly the same as private insurance).