Opting Out of "Entitlements"

     I am currently reading Don Watkins' book, RooseveltCare: How Social Security is Sabotaging the Land of Self-Reliance.  So far, I'm only halfway through it; but a brilliant idea occurred to me today.

Social Security and other "entitlements" are viewed by the majority of the uninformed public as a good deal--or, at least, a lock-box that will return what was taken during old age or other emergencies.  While there are a lot of people who realize that they will not receive back as much as was taken, few realize that, for many, (especially the young), they will be returned nothing at all.

So, this being the case, why doesn't America test the claims of the "entitlement statists"?  I propose that a precedent be set that each American have the legal right to opt out of all future "entitlement" reimbursement and payments from government of every kind.  At the same time, no future: social security taxes, medicare taxes, and new kinds of "future reimbursement" taxation will be charged against any of these "entitlement self-abolitionists".

It is a grave mistake to try to solve the "entitlement" crisis by focusing on those who were stupid enough to believe that government will solve their problem of future self-maintenance.  Instead, I stand for the justice of thinking about the young generations who are innocent enough to deserve to not lose their capital--which would otherwise go to feed those who fed the parasites who started the whole, damn scheme by accepting it.

Paul Wharton
Objectivist Capitalist Medicine Promoter

Special thanks to Eli Lilly & Co. (LLY) for being the fuel of my mind