From: "Robert Comer" 

> Right, social security *is not* retirement, it *supplements*
> retirement.  All the time we hear it is retirement, just read it in
> the newspaper recently.

Yep, that's the intention.

> Why? It's a lie to say it is retirement. Others should think before
> they try to mislead the public.

That's because the very lowest income people use it as their only
retirement -- because they don't have any other choice.

- bob Comer




"Richard B."  wrote in message
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> On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 21:08:27 -0500, "Robert Comer"
>  wrote:
>
>>It's not a whole retirement, it was supposedly a supplement to company
>>retirements. (which have gone the way of the dodo.) And now is a
>>supplement
>>to 401K plans.
>
> Right, social security *is not* retirement, it *supplements*
> retirement.  All the time we hear it is retirement, just read it in
> the newspaper recently.
>
>>> I see this over and over and this Big Lie must end.
>>
>>Think a bit more before you say that.
>
> Why? It's a lie to say it is retirement. Others should think before
> they try to mislead the public.
>
> - Richard

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