"Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message news:<bbbbpj$7qoe1$1@ID-105084.news.dfncis.de>...
> John W. wrote:
> > "Kevin Gowen" <kgowenNOSPAM@myfastmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:<bbapp3$7fbg9$1@ID-105084.news.dfncis.de>...
> >> Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Why should you not be? You plan not to have children perhaps?
> >>
> >> I plan to have them, but I also plan to teach them to depend on
> >> themselves
> >> for their retirement savings and health care, not the state.
> >
> > Speaking as a parent to non-parent, how, pray tell, do you plan to
> > accomplish this incredible feat?
> 
> I would tell them about investment and things called "insurance companies".
> What makes this an incredible feat?

Nothing incredible about teaching them to have good health insurance,
of course. But it's interesting that you think 'depend on themselves'
means having a good retirement plan.

John W.