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- From: feg@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (forrest.e.gehrke)
- Subject: Re: fast-track failures
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.195926.10689@cbfsb.cb.att.com>
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- References: <C04vJI.AB9.1@cs.cmu.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 19:59:26 GMT
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- In article <C04vJI.AB9.1@cs.cmu.edu> KitchenRN@ssd0.laafb.af.mil writes:
- >>
- >>Take what ever you are paying (~7%-9%, I forget exactly what) and add in
- >>an equal amount from your employer. Now kiss it goodbye, because anyone
- >>under 50 ain't gonna see it come back :-(
-
-
- 6.2% up to $55,500 in 1992 for Soc.Sec. and 1.45% up to $130,200 for
- Medicare from the employee and also from the employer.
-
- >And now we hear that the Clinton administration is proposing to push back the
- >retirement age so that they won't have to pay out so much Social Security.
- >If the trend continues, by the time I "retire", the retirement age will be
- >90!
-
- 90 may be somewhat pessimistic, but it *should* be raised. In
- 1935 when age 65 was chosen most retirees lived less than 3 years
- more, so Social Security didn't have to pay out very much. Now
- very many people live 20 years more and the system has some problems
- with that. For present retirees this system is a nice Ponzi scheme.
- But it obviously can't continue this way. (This thread doesn't belong
- here, but I couldn't resist responding).
-
- Forrest Gehrke feg@dodger.att.com
-