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WHAT KOTLIKOFF (REALLY) SAID

…paid for by the people who will get the benefits. IF those people are going to want higher benefits in the future to keep up with their longer life expectancy

Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better

…the implicit time horizon of a 2010 fund as being 22-plus years,” said Jonathan Shelon, a co-manager of Fidelity’s Freedom Funds lineup, which reflects an 85-year life expectancy for a…

WHY BILL GATES GETS SOCIAL SECURITY

…a month for forty years and you guarantee me a thousand a month for a life expectancy of less than 20 years after age 65?” Something like that. “Oh, by…

Medicare 2085 and not as scary numbers

…same. This is, of course, in addition to the Social Security costs that would rise a much smaller amount just to pay for groceries over that longer life expectancy. So…