Yeah, but raising the age much farther pretty well guarantees that a good portion of people with have a gap between when they stop being able to support themselves and when they recieve benefits. We may just have to [gasp] actually pay taxes for something!
The whole business could be made a lot cheaper if we just instituted universal health coverage like the rest of the civilized world, but NOOOOOO, that would be SOCIALISM!
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Date: 2004-11-08 06:47 am (UTC)The whole business could be made a lot cheaper if we just instituted universal health coverage like the rest of the civilized world, but NOOOOOO, that would be SOCIALISM!