RandomPhantom700
Master of Arts
With respect to Kaith Rustaz' request that the "Convince me, please" thread stay argument-free, I'll take this issue here.deadhand31 said:Another thing Bush is doing, is trying to get social security privatized. I, for one, think this is an excellent idea. If you could put the money you pay into social security into a RothIRA, you would be a multimillionare when you retire. This would mean you would not have to rely on the government in your golden years. Let's see... depending on the government in retirement VS not relying on the government in retirement. Is there really any competition between those two?
I don't know whta RothIRA is, but I'm going to assume, from what you've said, that it's a private investment account of some sorts. Now, call me ignorant, but wouldn't privatizing social security essentially be doing away with it? The first word in the phrase is, after all, SOCIAL. The entire point to social security is so that retired people don't get left out to dry financially; allowing people to take their social security taxes and keep them all for themselves would mean that however many people end up relying on social security when they get old and retire would be left out in the cold.
To quote George Carlin, "I don't know how to end this, so I will take a bow". :asian: