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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsToday, the US government paid me for living this long.
Social Security, what a concept. I was definitely sure that it would never be around by the time I was eligible.
Of course, who knows what they'll do to it in the future. I wonder if I'll be grandfathered if they drop it?
-- Mal
Cartoonist
(7,309 posts)As the republicans call it.
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)Old people should have the courtesy to go off and die like elephants do.
Sarcasm and congratulations
cutroot
(873 posts)It is not an entitlement at all. You are receiving a return on your investment.
malthaussen
(17,175 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)malthaussen
(17,175 posts)... the government bet me I wouldn't live long enough to collect, and I bet I would (having little choice in the matter).
-- Mal
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)The insurance company (or government, in this case) is betting you won't make a claim; you're betting that you will.
malthaussen
(17,175 posts)... and say "Nice life you have here. It would be a shame if anything happened to it."
-- Mal