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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (184426)3/9/2004 10:53:28 PM
From: Alighieri  Read Replies (1) of 1572918
 
o you, your father is entitled to his Social Security benefits because of what he went through. The charity has now turned into an entitlement.

He is not entitled because of what he went through...he is because he has worked and paid in the system for 40 years. To follow your solution, I would be able and willing t help support my dad if he needed it, assuming he does not get really sick and need long term care or surgery. He would bankrupt my household in a few months if that were to happen in your world devoid of entitlements (oops..i mean charity). But we are not all as fortunate as I am even in the best case scenario. What's the parachute in the worst case scenario? Where's the certainty in a process that depends on true charity or in the case of a broken or unable family?

Al
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