not a new euphemism, but new to me

[Laurence Horn]

At 3:06 PM -0500 1/1/07, Beverly Flanigan wrote:
>Isn't this a non-governmental (i.e. private) company using SSA as a
>come-on?  If you've just hit 65, Larry, you're in for a lot of these!

No, this Final Offer was from the SSA itself.

LH

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>At 02:13 PM 1/1/2007, you wrote:
>>Just got a card from the Social Security Administration touting their
>>"Senior Final Expense Program" option.  In a subsequent sentence,
>>they do clarify that it's for funeral expenses.  (Gee, and I was
>>thinking they were just going to give me a free ride after that final
>>expense.)
>>So between the "senior" and the "final" they're covering their bases.
>>But this has obviously been around for quite a while, and there are
>>34,700 google hits for "final expense" + Social Security.
>>I should tell my seniors complaining about their finals that things
>>could be worse...
>>
>>LH
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