Social Services

Raising the living standard:

Social Security has been a fundamental problem since its initial

establishment. In the twentieth century, the system was nearly

abandoned due to its numerous flaws. In the late 1900's, it was

determined that the flood of immigrants into the United States

severely depleted government funds intended for tax paying

citizens. Elderly immigrants obtained benefits from the system

that was designed to benefit retired Americans who had paid for

Social Security through their taxes. In an effort to restore the

system, President Clinton proposed a budget plan which

incorporated the rescue of Social Security. This was the first

actual attempt to fix the loophole that had drained government

resources. The plan was as follows - raising the retirement age,

utilizing the huge budget surplus of that age, and giving back

proportionally to what people contributed. This plan failed.

After this, the project to save the system was thus aborted

until the year 2048, when President Gibson decided the system

should be separated from the government and incorporated

into the financial business world. A new and upcoming company

took the old idea of social security and turned it into a profit

oriented corporation. Instead of the government run system,

this company added a new provision to the deal. Thus was born

Social Services Inc. This new company gave the people the

option to invest in their future, as opposed to the former system,

which was made mandatory by the government. The old system

consisted of tax deductions from a person's salary which were

returned in monthly installments after the retirement age of 65.

The new system was adapted for the increase in life expectancy

which was 150 years of age, thereby making the new retirement

age 125 years of age. It allowed one to invest a portion of their

yearly income into the company and reimbursed the customer

with a variety of services after the retirement age. These provisions

varied from pleasure services to the bare necessities of life.

Ultimately, the corporation resembled the insurance companies

of the late 1900's and is essentially what we have today. This new

system was eventually hailed for the many advantages it brought

Into the living standards of the elderly. The problem with

immigrants leeching off the taxes of former workers was solved.

Now, elderly immigrants had to pay for the services they received.

In addition, due to the frequent misuse of money to buy gratuitous

items such as liquor and drugs, it was agreed that the rendering

of services was far better than the provision of money, the medieval

form of credits which we have now. However, as with all

advantages, come disadvantages. One case arose in New York

city when 138 year-old David Hunt demanded that virtual sexual

gratification be included in the service package. Knowing the

propriety to which the pleasure services were characterized, Hunt

argued that the gratification was one of his necessities to life and

that without it, he would be unable to function properly. John

Simmons, the chairman of Social Services Inc., was skeptical in

response to the suggestion that sexual gratification was a necessity.

After a series of referrals, the case was brought before the

Supreme Court. In his testimony, Hunt stated that all his life,

he had been without a mate and that artificial stimulation had

been his only form of happiness. His frequent exposure to the

relatively new technology caused his body to develop a reliance

upon it. His doctor testified that without the continued use of

virtual sex, it would be as though his body were lacking a

bodily function. The Court then decided that virtual sex was a

necessity for David Hunt and ruled in his favor.

Social Services has come a long way from its original form.

After the government relinquished its responsibility, an

independent company accomplished what the government had

failed to do and set a new living standard for Americans

throughout the country.