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Discussions / Retire Early CampFIRE   Subject:  Re: Help! My
Social Security is in Lucent Date:  7/29/2001  6:35 PM Author: 
gurdison Number:  46726 of 757630  <I guess I missed the
connection between "personal responsibility" and taking 15% away
from me my entire working life (in addition to having taxes
already be the single highest item on my budget) under the guise
of making me eliglible for SS, only to have the government say
in the end, "Sorry, you have too much money saved. Maybe you
should have bought the new cars, new computers, vacations, and
all the other stuff you did without all those years, after
all.">  What you say hits the nail on the head. The issue is and
always has been a moral one to me.   How much and at what age
should all be part of the reasonable discussions about the
parameters of the program. This discussion can be very detailed
and cover tax rates, COLA's, #of quarters to qualify, maximum
rates, personal accounts, etc. I