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Re:Companies controlled by PE firms use bankruptcy to shed p... by jandrese on Monday December 31, 2018 @02:56PM (#18796577)
Social Security isn't an investment. It's more like an insurance scheme against old age. Everybody pays into the pot and that is divvied up among everybody who qualifies (retirees).
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Re:Companies controlled by PE firms use bankruptcy to shed p... by bsbechtel on Monday December 31, 2018 @04:13PM (#18797068)
Is that not what a pension is for workers who qualify by working at a company long enough?
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