Comments on: “Get rid of healthcare!” http://www.countingmypennies.com/2009/02/25/get-rid-of-healthcare/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:02:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stacey http://www.countingmypennies.com/2009/02/25/get-rid-of-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-1676 Stacey Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:44:14 +0000 http://www.countingmypennies.com/?p=891#comment-1676 Isn't there already talk of gradually moving the age to 70? I think SS was a great idea when it first came out - support workers in their old age. But today's younger workers already have so many tools to plan for their own retirement, isn't it time we took charge of our own future? I also hope to retire before 60 (25 now), but I don't intend to have the government finance it. SS will be a nice windfall for us if it's still around when we hit our 60's (or 70's!). Isn’t there already talk of gradually moving the age to 70?

I think SS was a great idea when it first came out – support workers in their old age. But today’s younger workers already have so many tools to plan for their own retirement, isn’t it time we took charge of our own future? I also hope to retire before 60 (25 now), but I don’t intend to have the government finance it. SS will be a nice windfall for us if it’s still around when we hit our 60′s (or 70′s!).

]]> By: Over the Cubicle Wall http://www.countingmypennies.com/2009/02/25/get-rid-of-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-1661 Over the Cubicle Wall Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:12:37 +0000 http://www.countingmypennies.com/?p=891#comment-1661 I'm not counting on it at all, but the whole thing is just a numbers game. The boomer generation is much bigger than my generation (I'm 36), so tbe Social Security pile of money is going to take a beating when the boomers all retire. The generation behind me is much bigger, so if Social Security can last through the boomers retirement, it should be funded really strong again for my retirement. I swear the whole thing is a government endorsed Ponzi scheme. I’m not counting on it at all, but the whole thing is just a numbers game. The boomer generation is much bigger than my generation (I’m 36), so tbe Social Security pile of money is going to take a beating when the boomers all retire.

The generation behind me is much bigger, so if Social Security can last through the boomers retirement, it should be funded really strong again for my retirement. I swear the whole thing is a government endorsed Ponzi scheme.

]]> By: kriswithmany http://www.countingmypennies.com/2009/02/25/get-rid-of-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-1659 kriswithmany Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:22:44 +0000 http://www.countingmypennies.com/?p=891#comment-1659 Actually, I think that needs to happen. Baby Boomers that think that they will get to retire so early haven't been paying attention to what is going on with Social Security. People aren't just living longer - IMO, they are still very much capable of working past 65. I don't think that was the case when that age was agreed to. And while I would love to be able to count on it for us when the husband and I are 65, we aren't. We see it as "extra." We plan on saving enough of our own money for retirement. We still have 30 or more years to do just that. Actually, I think that needs to happen. Baby Boomers that think that they will get to retire so early haven’t been paying attention to what is going on with Social Security. People aren’t just living longer – IMO, they are still very much capable of working past 65. I don’t think that was the case when that age was agreed to.

And while I would love to be able to count on it for us when the husband and I are 65, we aren’t. We see it as “extra.” We plan on saving enough of our own money for retirement. We still have 30 or more years to do just that.

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