g5000
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Again, it should be an option and not forced upon you. If you feel that you can't provide for yourself later in life then opt in....and collect your tidbits on a monthly basis.
That would not work. Americans buy homeopathic drugs, magnetic shoe soles, psychic readings, ionic bracelets, and vote for the lesser of two evils over and over until we have nothing but pure evil choices come election time. If they can't tell what bunkum is, then they are walking talking rubes waiting to be plucked by criminals who wear ties to work.
So when tens of millions of Americans find themselves penniless at 65, are you going to tell them, "Tough shit. Die."?
You probably would, believing that Americans will learn to make better choices with no safety net beneath them. But we already know that is not true, because people are already supplementing their retirement with their own money with 401ks and IRAs. And they are being ripped off on an unprecedented scale, yet they are completely blind to it.
This plan ignores human nature AND the fact that crooks in ties are not only protected from the consequences of their crimes, they are incentivized to commit their crimes by the government. There are people right here on this forum who not only are blind to the crimes being committed, they don't even realize they are the victims of those crimes. They can't see the guy stealing their future right in front of them!
It's as if a thief came right into your home and stole your big screen TV while you sat just a few feet away covering your eyes, denying a crime was taking place.
Until we fix this astronomical clusterfuck in our system, it would be a gross mistake to leave the common man to continue to fend for himself.
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