OK, let me clarify: The most conservative plan besides the one used by the current system, which merely shuffles money from the SS system to other parts of the government, with the interest to be paid off later by us, the taxpayers.
>From: Scott Markowitz
>>>>I could, investing in the most conservative plan, earn seven or eight percent outside of the government?
The most 'conservative plan' for an individual would probably involve super-safe intermediate term U S Treasury Notes. Earning nowhere near 7-8% after inflation these days. Optimism reigns supreme! Stock market? Check out the inflation adjusted returns in the US market between 1966 and 1982.
