Dan,

Your idea is good... I think maybe the government should be your nanny if
you think it's right. Problem is... not everyone does as well when a nanny
makes all the decisions. On balance, we are all better off if the nanny
state keeps severely out of our personal business. This may not be true of
all the losers, but they would try harder if required to do so. Even the
socialist ones.

The need for help is created to a large extent by the nanny state usurping
personal responsibility.

Darwin was right!

George Willer

wrote in message
oups.com...
I will be 70 this year and I agree with you as far as the AARP. They
sure as hell don't represent me.

But I don't agree on everyone being able to opt out of Social Security.
There needs to be help for a lot of people. But I would be for a plan
that let you prove to the government that you were providing for your
old age, and that let you opt out of a good portion of the payroll
taxes.


Dan