In 31 years of employment, I have paid roughly 834,000 dollars in social security taxes. I know where my money is going. It is going to support indigent people on welfare. My concern will be in 15 years of employment, will these indigent people have the job opportunity or the academia to support me?

I either pay 6.2 percent in taxes for Medicare, or 12.4 percent if I am self employed. If I am single when I am 62, I will get back 962 dollars a month. If I have a wife and no child, I will get 414 dollars a month. If I have a child, I will get 514 dollars a month. It pays me to be single. In theory, if I have a wife working, the 414 dollars would offset the total dependency on social security. But, a hundred dollars more a month to support a child? I find that hard to believe.

If dollars influence me to make a decision, this whole picture tells me not to encourage dating or be reliable enough that a woman would have hopes of being married to me. But I could be wrong. Perhaps the suggestion from the government would be: BE WISE. If I am listening to a machine, it would be telling me to abandon any human feelings or hopes, and just live for the money. Has the secular lesson in life aborted the idea of being married and being faithful to one person? I know who benefits from two people working in a household and not encouraging focus on my liabilities at home: the economy in general.