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Old 12-22-2004, 10:35 AM
webwench
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It is not invested, and generates no interest. It's a 'pay as you go' system (what we in the 'arguing on the internet' trade call a Ponzi scheme).

At current tax levels and life expectancies, the rate of return is negative for most people. Hardest hit are men, who pay in the longest/most and, on average, die sooner than women.
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