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To: TimF who wrote (211786)	11/16/2004 8:36:12 AM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (3) of 1573439

re: Social Security like any Pyramid scheme relies on new entrants to pay off the recipients. If the population is growing fast enough, and if the government can force people in to the scheme it can work for a long time, certainly much longer than most schemes. But the trend in population growth is headed down. First, I'm not sure population growth is currently headed downward. npg.org Second, as I said, there will be times when SS is underfunded, and times when it is overfunded. We are about to enter a time when it is underfunded, but when the echo boomers reach their peak earnings years, it will probably again be overfunded (as it is right now). Another interesting map from the same site... Ted, if you are listening, look at the growth in the red states. npg.org John

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