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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Alighieri who wrote (434817)11/13/2008 2:46:29 PM
From: Tenchusatsu1 Recommendation  Read Replies (2) of 1574462
 
Al, > I don't understand what this "welfare" word means.

In this context, it means taxing those most able to save up for their own retirement to pay for those who are already retired. It becomes a self-serving cycle that serves to increase the number of new retirees who depend on the government for their "retirement plan."

How about we try to reduce the number of people who become dependent on the "government retirement plan" in the first place?

> it's obscene to allocate disproportionally to the military to project power to remote regions of the world, provide a protective umbrella to countries who themselves provide health care to their citizens, while we have no solution to this problem at home.

If you haven't noticed, Social Security and Medicare far outweighs the Iraq war in terms of spending.

Plus we'll be out of Iraq soon enough, but Social Security will continue to grow until that becomes the next "financial crisis."

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