I wonder what would be the minimum to allow such a thing. $25/quarter
would allow $100 million/year if a million folk bought into it ($10
million/year if only 100,000 members). For a 35/15/50 split of
investment/administration/research would this make a fair start? Is
$100/year too much to ask? What would be a reasonable sum? What would be
a valid payment upon natural death? When the life extension became a
reality what would the contributors get ... equal shares/amount invested in
all profits ... or only contributors get the benefits? Also, who/how would
the research be corrobarated, as well as the investments?
10 years with 1 million inital and faithful members would be $500 million
purely for research. What is the minimum amount needed for research?
-David R. Laws
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david_laws@nih.gov
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I was just looking at life insurance and a thought came to me. Would it
be
in the best interests of life insurance companies to pledge support of
life
extension? There are numerous variables to take into account like how
many
people die in accidents and such things that are not related to aging. As
I am not an actuary I would not want to attempt taking all of these
factors
into account. If anyone has any less data intensive ideas that might shed
some light on this possibility I would love to hear them.
Dan Hook
guldann@ix.netcom.com
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