On Fri, 17 Apr 2015 19:58:30 -0700, Doug Winterburn wrote:

Then why is it that I put 10% away of gross my working life where my
employer and myself contributed 12.4% to SS, yet I have been taking out
twice out of my savings compared to what SS pays and my savings are
still growing?

What's the fact that you made good investments and were lucky got to do
with the original discussion?