The director of Social Security actually said something like this to me in the 80s. Smokers are really perfect, because they pay into social security all their lives and just about the time they are about to qualify they get an inoperable illness that kills them fairly quickly. TOngue in cheek but also true. However, medical improvements over the last three decades may have changed that equation since people with lung cancer are now treated and take longer to die.
Darth Stevious over 3 years ago
Winners never quit is what I was taught
The Old Wolf over 3 years ago
Reader’s Digest will have a heyday with that one.
Ida No over 3 years ago
Can’t start soon enough for me. I don’t like bacon. You can have mine.
Darsan54 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Seems to me, that was Rush Limbaugh’s line.
Mostly Water Premium Member over 3 years ago
The underlying premise is disputable.
drkala over 3 years ago
The director of Social Security actually said something like this to me in the 80s. Smokers are really perfect, because they pay into social security all their lives and just about the time they are about to qualify they get an inoperable illness that kills them fairly quickly. TOngue in cheek but also true. However, medical improvements over the last three decades may have changed that equation since people with lung cancer are now treated and take longer to die.