General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's an idea to "save" Social Security....Raise eligibility age to 90
Why not?
In for a penny, in for a pound.
duffyduff
(3,251 posts)stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)You're a genius!!
And all the people said "Amen"...
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)...maybe. Until then, my rich boss and my poor neighbor's life-expectancy will have a significant gap. Both are under 90.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)theaocp
(4,237 posts)Making conservatives "look extreme". Bring back segregation and they'll look "extreme" when they have to play to their base! What rot.
LuvNewcastle
(16,845 posts)as you get older, so you might not get much of check by the time you're 90. Who knows, maybe euthanasia will be legal by then.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)Until then, you have to figure something else out.
kentuck
(111,094 posts)But a lot of my friends are now dying off and they are between 60-65 years old. Everybody does not live to be 90...What about all those benefits they paid in?
Armstead
(47,803 posts)99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)We can make Social Security taxes a cash cow for the US War Machine,
which will keep the program solvent until the year 3500 AD.
olddots
(10,237 posts)Downwinder
(12,869 posts)and everybody is trying to cut it down.
Armstead
(47,803 posts)Response to Armstead (Reply #14)
Downwinder This message was self-deleted by its author.
Morning Dew
(6,539 posts)A free ride for lazy oldsters is a terrible idea.