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To: neolib who wrote (761834)	1/6/2014 5:57:47 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 1575971

A difference only to a libertarian.... Nonsense. Being forced to do something or doing it voluntarily is a distinction to more than just libertarians. Also its not the only difference between a bank deposit and SS. A bank deposit remains your property. Its an asset you own. You have no ownership in future SS payments. There is no contractual obligation for the government to give you a penny in the future. Its not that it could seize the money from you. It already has done so. There is a legal requirement for the government to pay you back, but in addition to that legal requirement having limits (and not just in the extremes like government fiscal collapse, or total collapse). Also the government is the body that makes the laws. The requirement is not a constitutional one, and can be removed by a single decision of government. Voluntary vs. involuntary itself makes for a different transaction, but even if you where eager to give SS tax money to the government, it would still be a very different type of action. Its not just "an involuntary deposit", it isn't a deposit at all.

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