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> wacky retirement-lottery scheme whose details I forget Could it be this? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine
by nitrogen 8y ago
> wacky retirement-lottery scheme whose details I forget
Could it be this?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tontine
- itamarst 8y agoDid some searching, turns out I was actually thinking of the the Townsend Plan, which was not actually wacky (I misremembered the details) and helped pave the way for Social Security. The wikipedia article leaves out a lot of details, if memory serves it had widespread support.