To add, Indiana's teachers could opt out of Social Security and into a system like Alaska's, but we don't hear @Irishman or @Coach Nowlin clamoring for change.
No, the scientist in me has seen what retirement looks like for people without Social Security. If not having Social security was great, Alaska would not have a teacher shortage.
Yes you do, because your ideas must be proven before they are implemented. If not having Social Security was better, Alaska would have higher teacher retention rates and would not have a shortage of applicants. Instead, the opposite is happening.
IDK, but there are people who have your vision of retirement-
https://www.ktoo.org/2021/10/20/alaska-has-a-teacher-retention-problem-the-state-is-ready-to-pay-someone-to-help-solve-it/
From the article-
The retirement system used by Alaska is one you champion. Shouldn't it keep and attract people?
And a warning for all the Indiana teachers- you can suffer the same fate as those in Alaska.