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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!usc!rutgers!att-out!cbnewsl!stank
  2. From: stank@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Stan Krieger)
  3. Newsgroups: misc.consumers
  4. Subject: Re: Getting rich -- this is no joke!
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan3.001640.16834@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
  6. Date: 3 Jan 93 00:16:40 GMT
  7. References: <1016@rc1.vub.ac.be> <1i56riINNg3b@athena.sdsu.edu>
  8. Organization: Summit NJ
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  11. >On a related note: What is the biggest pyramid scam in the history
  12. >of mankind?
  13. >
  14. >Answer: The U.S. social security. Thanks grandpa and grandma!
  15.  
  16. U.S. social security is not a pyramid scheme; it's a Ponzi scheme
  17. (i.e., pay off the early investors with money received from later
  18. investors).
  19. -- 
  20. Stan Krieger                 All opinions, advice, or suggestions, even
  21. UNIX System Laboratories     if related to my employment, are my own.
  22. Summit, NJ
  23. smk@usl.com
  24.