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You call yourselves experts?


Dear Bill Larsen,

As a retired actuary and former member of the Society of  Actuaries' 
examination committee on demography and mortality statistics, I can tell you 
that your comments about the irrelevance of increased life expectancies to 
Social Security are absolute nonsense. Your defintition is gibberish and 
makes no sense whatsoever. Life expectancy at retirement ages is  the crucial 
factor, not life expectancy at birth. If the rest of your analysis is on a 
par with your discussion of life expectancies, it is not worth very much.

Sincerely, 

Robert J. Randall, FSA


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