Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Living to 100, and Beyond

As time passes people are living longer and longer.  When Social Security was started 65 was set as the age for distributions to begin because most people did not live to 65 then.  Now 65 is considered "young."  And we are often pretty healthy in old age.  Many doctors, etc. now think that within the next 50 to 100 years people will start living to 150, and that we will mostly be healthy.  Certainly technology is moving forward faster and faster, for the better I think.  This is leading to improvements in healthcare and medical technology all the time.  When we have physical/medical problems in the future we will go into the "shop" (hospital) and have parts replaced, just like our cars.  Even living to 150 though we will still die at some point.  So we will still need to think about what to do with our bodies when death does inevitably come.  It's selfish to leave this decision to our survivors.  There are currently over 1 million graves/interment spaces owned in America that people will never use for whatever reason.  This number will increase in the future.  Why not take advantage of this inventory.  As a buyer you can buy these graves at a severe discount.  As a seller you can get some money for these graves. Or you can donate them to those in need for a tax deduction.  I would be happy to answer any questions about the above.  Contact me here or at deathternity@gmail.com.  Here's to the future!

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