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Old 05-15-2008, 11:57 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Are you for or against. Why or why not.

I'm actually for a hybrid privatization of some kind. .
Which is what we have. What makes it hybrid is that it is voluntarily hybrid. SS is the only form disability ins. I have. SS alone is horrible as a retirement investment, but it is also a form of disability insurance. I also have a SEP, which together with SS, I should have an adequate retirement.
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To fix the Social Security System we either raise taxes,.
fixes nothing. We'd just be pouring more money into a bad investment, making it worse.

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cut benefits
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fixes nothing. That just makes a bad investment worse. , or
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privately invest.
Which is what I do on my own. I don't need the govt. to do it for me.
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