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From: tims@mako.UUCP (Tim Stoehr)
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Subject: Re: Women, Insurance, and everything
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Date: Wed, 23-May-84 13:16:41 EDT
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 > The actuaries said women at the university live several years longer than
 > their male counterparts.  They reasoned that women get, on the average, the
 > same amount back as men, just in smaller installments over a longer period
 > of time.
 > Well, it was found to be discriminatory.  Now women get the same monthly
 > check as their male colleagues.  For more years.  That's fair, right?

But the longer you live, the more cumulative wages you need to support
yourself.  Arn't retirement benefits supposed to last through the entire
retirement, i.e. until you die.  I think it's quite fair.  Otherwise, the
university should just give a lump sum to the retirees when they retire,
and if they live too long, tough.  I don't think that's a good idea.