Don Foreman wrote:

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 08:25:54 -0600, jim "sjedgingN0Sp"@m@mwt,net
wrote:



More to my point, a legitimate claimant should not be labelled as a
"cost to society" before paid services per social contract exceed the
present value of mandated periodic investment and accrued interest of
self and supporting spouse over 45 years.

But it never worked like that. You want to pretend you made an
investment and interest accrued on that investment. The reality is you
paid for the benefits of others while you were working and now others
are paying for any benefits you might now be receiving. Your calculus of
saving, investment, interest accumulating you insist upon has never
existed.

Consider savings bonds and treasury bills, which are generally
regarded as investments. You give the government money which it
immediately spends, and you are repaid more at a future date from
future government revenues.

Yes it is similar as far as you went.

But I don't expect that some day the government
will inform you that you have received
the principal and interest due and close your account.

And you are free to sell your treasury notes for whatever you can get.
You can't sell your medicare benefits.