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Re:Dear 22 Year Old: Concerning your economic Future by jojopotato on Wednesday October 13, 2010 @01:45PM (#1788097)
You're right, I am probably being to literal in my definition of a ponzi scheme.

I definitely agree that Social Security is going to go through growing pains as the population demographics change and benefits won't be the exact same as the previous generation, but I feel like people use the term "ponzi scheme" to smear the whole idea of Social Security rather than articulating why we shouldn't have it.

Re:Dear 22 Year Old: Concerning your economic Future by ataggart on Wednesday October 13, 2010 @03:36PM (#1788541)
Given that the structure of Social Security does conform to a ponzi scheme, it's a smear only insofar as ponzi schemes are "bad".