Hi Wayne,

On some of this, we may have to "agree to disagree" for a bit of time.
I paid into SS all my life, since I was 14 and I have no intention of just "kissing it off".

And as fb.... just posted, it is not an "entitlement" it is "owed to me". Pay me back with "proper/reasonable" interest for all of those years and I'll be happy to "opt out". I certainly wasn't "donating" to the gov't with those "payroll deductions" all of those years !!

On this:
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Another thing we should have our government do is sell off most all land holdings they have accumulated...I think they own nearly 40% as it is and that was never meant to be. "

I thought I recently read a number of about 76% which sounded quite high to me and I was going to look into it. But I think that included all Federal, State, County, City park lands.

I don't think I would want to see NYC lose Central Park to high rise buildings, but as Fb...mentioned, there is a lot of oil in Alaska and I think those Caribou will be able to figure out how to deal with the activity.

Lee