We got some insightful comments on Mike’s post about social security and a few more through email that I wanted to share with you. Please respond with your view on the situation. “I thought about this back in the mid-60s before I was 30 years old. At that age I would have been willing to forgo any benefit if they just quit taking out money from my paychecks from then on. Older workers wouldn’t of course be able to do that since the number of years to retirement would be much shorter. Your idea about a buyout would solve...