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- From: mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539)
- Subject: Re: Social Security
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.154128.4616@mksol.dseg.ti.com>
- Organization: Texas Instruments Inc
- References: <Bzvw5J.1KEo@austin.ibm.com> <1992Dec27.190501.9404@rpp386> <3227@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> <1992Dec31.224142.11137@rpp386>
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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 15:41:28 GMT
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- In <1992Dec31.224142.11137@rpp386> jfh@rpp386 (John F. Haugh II) writes:
-
- >In article <3227@devnull.mpd.tandem.com> rspence@mpd.tandem.com (Russell Spence) writes:
- >> Yes. If they owned their $250K house outright, owned a vacation
- >> cottage by the lake, with boat, and owned both of their cars. They
- >> also have $300,000 in the bank, and so, their interest income, at the
- >> current rates might be less than $10k. And they have no other income.
- >> So, by what you I say, I guess they would recieve social security
- >> benefits, but, yes, I would call them rich.
-
- >Certainly, in this particular example, someone who is wealthy is going to
- >receive Social Security benefits. Big deal. They put in the money, and
- >now they are getting 43 cents back for every dollar they put in. You
- >would rather they received zero.
-
- >> There is a difference between wealth and income. Figure it out.
- >> The rich have. If you take a little time and effort you will see
- >> how easy it is to go to zero income and still retain most of your
- >> wealth.
-
- >So what. Again, the rich fund Social Security and they receive 43 cents
- >back for each dollar put in. THIS is the reality of Social Security.
-
- >Watch -
-
- >In: $55,000/yr * 13% * 47 years = $336,050
- >Out: $16,800/yr * 8 years = $134,400
-
- Now check up his sleeve for that guy making $150,000 when he retires and
- for the scheme that kept that poor guy at the same pay level (which
- just HAPPENED to coincide with where the income cap on Social Security
- is) for FORTY SEVEN YEARS.
-
- --
- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
- in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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- Fred.McCall@dseg.ti.com - I don't speak for others and they don't speak for me.
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