I met a guy who lived here and works for the Golf Admin. he told me he was from Denmark. I asked why he left. He said he was fed up with being taxed so heavily and being left with little.

I do agree that many Americans just do not financial prepare for retirement. so their complaints about socials security deductions are illogical. I have never had a problem with social security as such. I do have a problem in the manner our government representative mismanage this fund and allow it to be abused with so many fraud claims especially in disability. If the pols could keep their hands off our money it would be a useful safety net to many people for many years to come.

Those on this thread who desire socialism apparently forget or ignore the problems the federal government and individual states are having with entitlement programs that are eating up budgets faster than they can create them. Add to that federal public union medical and retirement benefits and the fed and states are drowning in red ink.

Why because unlike Denmark, Sweden, etc Americans try to take out more than their counterparts. We have all read those stories where between fed and state handouts people are walking away with $50,000 to $80,000 annually. As Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher once said the problem with socialism is pretty soon you run out of other people's money" .

America's debt today is unsustainable and I for one am sick of people throwing themselves a party, while I am not invited, but I end up paying for it.

If as a retired senior I am living sweet its because from at age 14 my wife and I planned our lives and how we were to achieve our goals. Halfway along the way my business career tumbled and we started all over again but we weathered the storm made intelligent decisions and recovered most of what we lost. Our story is many people's story who live here. We did the responsible and intelligent things. We did not ask for a hand out. We believed in self sufficiency ,sacrifice and careful planning.

So to those of you who live in this wonderful community pat yourself on the back, thank God for his giving you the strength you needed to provide for your family and yourself because you deserve every bit of it