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Re:How I got the French Tech Visa to start my company in France by bgorman on Friday August 21, 2020 @04:33PM (#24238594)
The US Government tries the same trick.

Social Security is a called an "insurance program" although it is completely unrelated to conventional insurance. The closest financial instrument is a Ponzi scheme, which is illegal under US law.

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Re:How I got the French Tech Visa to start my company in France by jbn on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @10:04AM (#24271452)
It is insurance in the sense that it pools the risk. The risk here is "aging" ("Social Security" in the US only covers base retirement, whereas "Social Security" in France covers 5 risks), it only happens to be a risk that realizes 100% of the time, unlike fire insurance for instance.
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