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From: rlp@cbosgd.ATT.COM (Bob Platt)
Newsgroups: net.taxes,net.legal
Subject: Re: Social Security (how to get out)
Message-ID: <2674@cbosgd.ATT.COM>
Date: Sat, 4-Oct-86 23:32:53 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbosgd.2674
Posted: Sat Oct  4 23:32:53 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 7-Oct-86 19:49:30 EDT
References: <126@raster.UUCP>
Distribution: net.taxes,net.legal
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus, Oh
Lines: 23
Keywords: Social Security, rip off
Summary: How to get out.
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In article <126@raster.UUCP>, ross@raster.UUCP writes:
> Like many other people, I believe that by the time I am old enough
> to collect it, Social Security will be long gone.  Meanwhile, SS
> takes a larger percentage of my income every year, with the maximum
> amount ever increasing.  
>  
> IS THERE ANY WAY OUT???
> <etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.>
>  
> !decvax!raster!ross

Actually, there is one way out that I know of, but it requires a very strong
commitment to avoiding SSI.  People of the Amish Dutch religion do not have
to pay into social security.  They are the only group I know that is exempt.
Their religion interprets any form of insurance as not trusting in God.  In
addition, they believe in taking care of their own.  For instance, when some
tornadoes destroyed some houses in Western PA last year, they helped their 
neighbors rebuild (free labor) and these neighbors were not even Amish.
Of course, if you decide to convert, you won't be able to sink your savings
from social security into a stereo system, as they don't believe in using
electricity.  That goes for computers too.

Debbie Platt (from account of Bob Platt)